north-northwest in English

noun
1
the compass point or direction midway between north and northwest.

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1. Chester is located on Lake Almanor, 30 miles (48.3 km) north-northwest of Quincy

2. Arthur was just 50 miles (80 km) north-northwest of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

3. 13 Beef cattle rearing and sheep predominate over large upland areas in the north, northwest and northeast.

4. The next day, it reached tropical storm status as a second circulation formed north-northwest of the initial circulation.

5. The first epicentre was 295km (180 miles) north-northwest of Vanuatu's largest island, Santo, at a depth of 35km (7 miles).

6. Planktonic and larger Benthonic foraminifers of the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian–Maastrichtian)-Lower Tertiary (Danian) rock units from north, northwest and central Anatolian fore-arc basins have

7. Backyards in East Shore is an exposed reef break that has reasonably consistent surf Offshore winds are from the north northwest with some shelter here from northwest winds

8. Cooling is a village and civil parish on the Hoo Peninsula, overlooking the North Kent Marshes, 6 miles north northwest of Rochester, England.According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 209, which increased to 216 at the 2011 Census