PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pacific Northwest mean? 

• PACIFIC NORTHWEST (noun)
  The noun PACIFIC NORTHWEST has 1 sense:

1. a region of the northwestern United States usually including Washington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia

  Familiarity information: PACIFIC NORTHWEST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PACIFIC NORTHWEST (noun)

Meaning:

A region of the northwestern United States usually including Washington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Holonyms ("Pacific Northwest" is a part of...):

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)