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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The direction or point on the mariner's compass halfway between due north and northwest, or 22°30′ west of due north.
- adjective To, toward, of, facing, or in the north-northwest.
- adverb In, from, or toward the north-northwest.
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- noun The
compass bearing orcompass point halfway betweennorth andnorthwest , specifically 337.5°, abbreviated asNNW .
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- adverb to, toward, or in the north-northwest
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Examples
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ET Tuesday, Maria was centered about 320 miles east of the southeastern Bahamas and is moving north-northwest near 8 mph.
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Its center was located about 205 miles north-northwest of Bermuda.
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The storm is centered about 130 miles southeast of Bermuda and moving north-northwest near 12 mph.
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Its center was located about 205 miles north-northwest of Bermuda.
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But long-term, Winnipeg, which is north-northwest of Minneapolis, would obviously be a misfit in the Eastern Conference's Southeast Division where Atlanta is now.
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The storm is centered about 130 miles southeast of Bermuda and moving north-northwest near 12 mph.
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Don was in the central Gulf of Mexico Thursday evening, moving north-northwest at 15 mph with sustained winds of 45 mph.
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When the Ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus strikes, an infected ant climbs to a leaf not far off the ground (often on the north-northwest side of a tree), bites in and dies with jaws locked in place.
Monday elmocho 2009
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Don was in the central Gulf of Mexico Thursday evening, moving north-northwest at 15 mph with sustained winds of 45 mph.
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The storm is centered about 175 miles north-northwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and is moving west near 2 mph.
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