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Northwest vs Aran - What's the difference?

northwest | aran |

As nouns the difference between northwest and aran

is that northwest is the compass point halfway between north and west, bearing 315°, abbreviated as nw while aran is plum (fruit).

As a adjective northwest

is of or pertaining to the northwest; northwestern.

northwest

English

Alternative forms

* north-west * nor'-west

Noun

(en noun)
  • The compass point halfway between north and west, bearing 315°, abbreviated as NW.
  • Derived terms

    * northwest by north * northwest by west

    Coordinate terms

    * (compass point) northeast, southeast, southwest

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to the northwest; northwestern.
  • Towards the northwest; northwestwards.
  • From the northwest, northwesterly
  • aran

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A group of islands off the northwest coast of Ireland, also called the Arans or the (Aran Islands).
  • The barony which contains these islands.
  • Quotations

    * 2007 , Hugo Hamilton, The Harbor Boys: A Memoir , page 147: *: The first thing we noticed going out to Aran was the light. It was coming from the opposite direction and felt strange. To us living in Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland, the world seemed to be turned around a full hundred and eighty degrees

    Derived terms

    * Aran weight

    Anagrams

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