Pacific Northwest
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- proper noun
- /pəˈsɪfɪk nɔrθˈwɛst/
- US
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Noroeste del Pacífico
- The Pacific Northwest is known for its rich biodiversity and vibrant cities.
- Pacific Northwest salmon
- Pacific Northwest's forests
- Pacific Northwest Indians
So here I am growing up in Seattle, WA in the Pacific Northwest.
- So here I am growing up in Seattle, WA in the Pacific Northwest.
- But there were stories of logs drifting in from the Pacific Northwest.
- You guys had that, that Saint Patrick's Day and I spent, I just got back from Tacoma and Spokane up there in Washington in that Pacific Northwest.
- OK, so we have the palette here inspired by PNW Pacific Northwest.
Examples
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The study took place in three elementary schools from two suburban school districts located in the Pacific Northwest.
Academic text (2015) -
Off the rugged coast of the Pacific Northwest, pods of killer whales inhabit the frigid waters.
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Welcome to the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
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Number one in the Pacific Northwest.
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There was no denying he was thriving out here in the Pacific Northwest.
Fiction book (1992) -
It's a seven-outlet chain in the Pacific Northwest.
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Up in the Pacific Northwest, as you can see, they're gonna have some very, very tall trees.
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The setting for our pilot study is the Pacific Northwest (PNW) region of the United States.
Academic text (1996) -
Their disappearance reminds me of the plight of salmon in the Pacific Northwest.
Academic text (1995) -
The first humans occupied the Pacific Northwest during the Paleo-Indian era roughly eleven thousand years ago.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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A region of the United States in the northwest that includes states like Washington and Oregon
A region of the United States that includes states like Washington or Oregon
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a compositional place name: 'Pacific' (relating to the Pacific Ocean) + 'northwest' (the northwestern part of an area) yields a clear geographic meaning. A B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer it refers to the northwestern region by the Pacific coast (e.g., Washington/Oregon), and the construction is cross-linguistically common, so it is immediately understandable.
Etymology
Pacific Northwest comes from a simple picture of land in the northwest next to the Pacific Ocean. So the name now means the 'coastal region' in the northwestern United States, mainly Washington and Oregon, and sometimes nearby British Columbia.