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N.W.T.

N.W.T. is the abbreviation of Northwest Territories.

Meaning of Northwest Territories

Proper noun

Northwest Territories

  1. (error-lua-exec) A territory in northern Canada. Capital: Yellowknife.
    • Sahaiʔa May Talbot was born on Feb. 15, 2014. However, on her birth certificate, her name is spelled Sahai'a because the Northwest Territories government only allows the Roman alphabet to be used on official documents.2016 June 13, Hilary Bird, “Baby named Sahaiʔa prompts changes to Vital Statistics Act”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2016

Forms of N.W.T.

alternative formNWT
alternative formN. W. T.

Questions about N.W.T.

What is N.W.T. the abbreviation of?
N.W.T. is the abbreviation of Northwest Territories.

Words near N.W.T. in the dictionary

  1. N.S. Amoranto
  2. N.S.A.
  3. n.s.g.
  4. N.S.W.
  5. N.V.
  6. N.W.T.
  7. N.Y.
  8. N.Y.C.
  9. N.Z.
  10. n/a
  11. N/D

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Adapted from Wiktionary: N.W.T. (page history and authors); Northwest Territories (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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