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Pacific Northwest

Pacific Northwest proper noun: the region of North America along the Pacific coast, typically defined as the states of Washington and Oregon and the southern part of the province of British Columbia, but variously including northern California, Idaho, all of British Columbia, the Yukon territory, and the panhandle of or all of Alaska.

Proper noun

the Pacific Northwest

  1. The region of North America along the Pacific coast, typically defined as the states of Washington and Oregon and the southern part of the province of British Columbia, but variously including northern California, Idaho, all of British Columbia, the Yukon territory, and the panhandle of or all of Alaska.
    Synonyms:
    PNW

Synonyms of Pacific Northwest

Words formed from Pacific Northwest

Questions about Pacific Northwest

What does Pacific Northwest mean?
Pacific Northwest means the region of North America along the Pacific coast, typically defined as the states of Washington and Oregon and the southern part of the province of British Columbia, but variously including northern California, Idaho, all of British Columbia, the Yukon territory, and the panhandle of or all of Alaska.
What part of speech is Pacific Northwest?
Pacific Northwest is a proper noun.

Words near Pacific Northwest in the dictionary

  1. Pacific lampreys
  2. Pacific loon
  3. Pacific loons
  4. Pacific maple
  5. Pacific maples
  6. Pacific Northwest
  7. Pacific Northwesterner
  8. Pacific Northwesterners
  9. Pacific Ocean
  10. Pacific Palisades
  11. Pacific plum

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