(nautical) Alternative form of northwest

The compass point halfway between southwest and west; specifically at a bearing of 247.5°.

Of, in or pertaining to the west-southwest; west-southwestern. / Situated toward or in the direction of the west-southwest; west-southwestward; west-southwesterly.

Towards or in the direction of the west-southwest; west-southwestwards.

A person from the western part of Britain, a Welsh or Cornish person, especially (historical) the western Britons who resisted the 5th-century Anglo-Saxon invasion.

Pertaining to the West Indies.

a person from the West Indies

plural of West Indian

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, west. / (of the sun) Synonym of set: to move toward the western horizon, to go down. / (figuratively, dated) Synonym of die.

Of or pertaining to Friesland. / (in the Netherlands) Of or pertaining to West Friesland.