Pacific Northwest (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

Sense 1

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...):

British Columbia (a province in western Canada)

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)

Beaver State; OR; Ore.; Oregon; Evergreen State; WA; Wash.; Washington (a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific)

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