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Northwood

/ˈnɔːθwʊd/

Northwood proper noun: a suburb on the North Shore, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Proper noun

Northwood

  1. A suburb on the North Shore, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  2. A locality in the Shire of Mitchell, central Victoria, Australia.
  3. A neighbourhood of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
  4. A settlement in Northwood and Tinkersley parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2664).
  5. A suburb in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ0991).
  6. A village and civil parish near Cowes, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ4894).
  7. A suburb of Ramsgate, Kent (OS grid ref TR3767).
  8. A suburb of Kirkby, Knowsley borough, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ4299).
  9. A settlement in Wem Rural parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4633).
  10. A suburb of Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, north-east of Stoke city centre (OS grid ref SJ8947).
  11. A community in Irvine, Orange County, California.
  12. An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware.
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  1. A small city, the county seat of Worth County, Iowa.
  2. A neighbourhood in northeastern Baltimore, Maryland.
  3. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
  4. A small city in Grand Forks County, North Dakota.
  5. An unincorporated community in Logan County, Ohio.
  6. A city in Wood County, Ohio.
  7. A neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Origin of Northwood

From north + wood. Doublet of Norwood.

Words formed from Northwood

Questions about Northwood

What does Northwood mean?
Northwood means a suburb on the North Shore, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
What part of speech is Northwood?
Northwood is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Northwood?
Northwood is pronounced /ˈnɔːθwʊd/ (UK).

Words near Northwood in the dictionary

  1. Northwich
  2. Northwick
  3. Northwick Park
  4. northwind
  5. Northwold
  6. Northwood
  7. Northwood and Tinkersley
  8. Northwood Hills
  9. Nortia
  10. Norton
  11. Norton and Cuckney

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