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NW

NW is the abbreviation of North Rhine-Westphalia.

NW is the initialism of northwest.

NW is the abbreviation of nanowire.

NW is the abbreviation of net worth.

NW is the initialism of now watching.

NW is the initialism of no worries.

Meaning of North Rhine-Westphalia

Proper noun

North Rhine-Westphalia

  1. The most populous of the 16 component states of Germany, located in the west of the country.

Meaning of northwest

Noun

northwest (plural northwests)

  1. The intercardinal compass point halfway between west and north; specifically at a bearing of 315°.
    Antonyms:
    southeast

See all 7 meanings of northwest

Forms of NW

pluralNWs

Words formed from NW

Questions about NW

What is NW the abbreviation of?
NW is the abbreviation of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Words near NW in the dictionary

  1. NVRAM
  2. NVRAMs
  3. NVRM
  4. NVs
  5. NVSU
  6. NW
  7. nw.
  8. NWA
  9. Nwachukwu
  10. Nwachukwus
  11. Nwankwo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: NW (page history and authors); North Rhine-Westphalia (page history and authors); northwest (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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