Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A region of the northwest United States usually including the states of Washington and Oregon. The term is also used to refer to the southwest part of British Columbia, Canada.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The region of
North America along thePacific coast , typically defined as thestates ofWashington andOregon and the southern part of theprovince ofBritish Columbia , but variously including northernCalifornia ,Idaho , all of British Columbia, theYukon territory , and thepanhandle of or all ofAlaska .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a region of the northwestern United States usually including Washington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia
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Dawn Lilly calls the Pacific Northwest the perfect place to live, write and garden.
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WHISTLER, British Columbia The two mountains here have the biggest vertical ski drops in North America, and when temperatures are cold enough, the relentless moisture of the Pacific Northwest translates into mounds of light powder.
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Dawn Lilly calls the Pacific Northwest the perfect place to live, write and garden.
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In the early 1980s, the only Forbes 400 member from the Pacific Northwest was a timber baron.
As the green economy grows, the 'dirty rich' are fading away
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In the early 1980s, the only Forbes 400 member from the Pacific Northwest was a timber baron.
As the green economy grows, the 'dirty rich' are fading away
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The Pacific Northwest is a rare and magnificent sight in video games, rendered in real and spooky detail in the episode I played.
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From Wikipedia: The Pacific Northwest is a region in the northwest of North America, bound by the Pacific Ocean to the west.
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One of the benefits of summer in the Pacific Northwest is the many opportunities we have to for outdoor recreation.
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Northern New England and the Pacific Northwest are the least religious areas.
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Sorry, but I have heard the Northern Part of California be called the Pacific Northwest on several occasions...
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