Northwestern or North-western or North western may refer to:
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Northwest
The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sep ...
, a direction
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Northwestern University, a private research university in Evanston, Illinois
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Northwestern Wildcats, this school's intercollegiate athletic program
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Northwestern Medicine, an academic medical system comprising:
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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Other colleges and universities
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Northwestern College (Iowa), a small Christian college in Iowa
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University of Northwestern – St. Paul (formerly Northwestern College), a small Christian college, located in Roseville, Minnesota
* The former Northwestern College in Watertown, Wisconsin, which was incorporated into
Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minnesota in 1995
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Northwestern Michigan College, a small college located in Traverse City, Michigan
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Northwestern Oklahoma State University
Northwestern Oklahoma State University (NWOSU) is a public university in Alva, Oklahoma, with satellite campuses in Enid, Oklahoma, Enid and Woodward, Oklahoma, Woodward. It offers both bachelor's and master's degrees.
History
In 1897, a normal ...
in Alva, Oklahoma
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Northwestern State University, in Natchitoches, Louisiana
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Northwestern California University School of Law
Northwestern California University School of Law is an online-based law school in Sacramento, California, founded in 1982.
It is accredited by the State Bar of California, and is approved to award the Juris Doctor degree upon completion and grad ...
, an online based law school in Sacramento, California
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Northwestern Polytechnic University
Northwestern Polytechnic University (NPU) is a private, non profit university in Fremont, California. Founded in 1984, the university awards bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science, engineering, technology and management programs.
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in Fremont, California
Other schools
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Northwestern High School (disambiguation) Northwestern High School may refer to:
*Miami Northwestern Senior High School in Miami, Florida
*Northwestern High School, in Sciota, Illinois, which was consolidated into West Prairie High School
*Northwestern High School (Illinois) in Palmyra, Il ...
, a number of high schools in the United States
Geographic areas
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Northwestern United States, a region of the United States of America
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North Western Oklahoma City
The Western Avenue District of Oklahoma City is a district along Western Avenue stretching roughly from NW 30th to Wilshire Blvd, near the suburb of Nichols Hills. The area is home to several restaurants, shops, and businesses that are unique to Ok ...
, a district of Oklahoma City around Western Avenue
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North West Province, South Africa
North West is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Mahikeng. The province is located to the west of the major population centre of Gauteng and south of Botswana.
History
North West was incorporated after the end of Apartheid in 1994, an ...
, a province of South Africa
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North Western Province, Sri Lanka
North Western Province ( si, වයඹ පළාත ''Wayamba Paḷāta'', ta, வட மேல் மாகாணம் ''Vada Mael Mākāṇam'') is a province of Sri Lanka. The province consists of the districts of Kurunegala and Puttalam. It ...
, a province of Sri Lanka
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North-Western Province, Zambia, one of Zambia's ten provinces
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Northwestern Federal District, Russia
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Northwestern Krai
Northwestern Krai (russian: links=no, Северо-Западный край) was a ''krai'' of the Russian Empire (unofficial subdivision) in the territories of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania (present-day Belarus and Lithuania). The adminis ...
, a subdivision of Imperial Russia
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North-Western Territory
The North-Western Territory was a region of British North America extant until 1870 and named for where it lay in relation to Rupert's Land.
Due to the lack of development, exploration, and cartographic limits of the time, the exact boundarie ...
, a Hudson's Bay Company region, precursor to today's Northwest Territories though including what is now Yukon Territory
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North-Western Provinces, an administrative region in British India
Other
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital, a nationally ranked academic medical center in Chicago, Illinois
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Northwestern Station
The Richard B. Ogilvie Transportation Center (; formerly Chicago and North Western Terminal) is a commuter rail terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois. It is the terminus for the three commuter rail lines of Metra's Union Pacific District to Chica ...
in Chicago, Illinois
* The
Chicago and North Western Railway
* The ''
Oshkosh Northwestern'', a daily newspaper based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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FV Northwestern
F/V ''Northwestern'' is an Alaskan crab, Pacific cod, and salmon tendering commercial fishing vessel featured in the Discovery Channel series '' Deadliest Catch''. To date the ''Northwestern'' is the only vessel to have featured on all 18 se ...
crab fishing vessel featured on ''Deadliest Catch''
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The Northwestern (band), a British rock band
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Northwestern (genre)
The Northern or Northwestern is a genre in various arts that tell stories set primarily in the late 19th or early 20th century in the north of North America, primarily in western Canada but also in Alaska. It is similar to the Western genre, but ...
, a genre of literature and film depicting Westerns set in Canada and Alaska
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North Western Road Car Company (1923), the historic 1923-1974 bus company based in Stockport, England
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North Western Road Car Company (1986), the historic 1986-1997 bus company based in Liverpool, England
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North Western Railway (disambiguation)
See also
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Northwest (disambiguation)
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