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NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The northwestern region of the United States
Synonyms:
Northwest; northwestern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (parts of "northwestern United States"):
Cascade Mountains; Cascade Range; Cascades (a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range)
Holonyms ("northwestern United States" is a part of...):
West; western United States (the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River)