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Northwest Territory

Northwest Territory proper noun: a former territory of the United States that consisted of the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, plus part of Minnesota. It existed from 1787 to 1803.

Proper noun

Northwest Territory

  1. (historical) A former territory of the United States that consisted of the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, plus part of Minnesota. It existed from 1787 to 1803.

Questions about Northwest Territory

What does Northwest Territory mean?
Northwest Territory means a former territory of the United States that consisted of the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, plus part of Minnesota. It existed from 1787 to 1803.
What part of speech is Northwest Territory?
Northwest Territory is a proper noun.

Words near Northwest Territory in the dictionary

  1. Northwest Germanic
  2. Northwest Imperative
  3. Northwest Passage
  4. Northwest Territorial Imperative
  5. Northwest Territories
  6. Northwest Territory
  7. northwestbound
  8. northwester
  9. northwesterlies
  10. northwesterly
  11. northwestermost

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