Pacific Northwest

[ puh-sif-ik nawrth-west ]

noun

1. an imprecisely defined region of North America that is commonly held to include the U.S. states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho and the Canadian province of British Columbia, with some designations extending the region south into northern California and/or north into Alaska and Yukon: often considered as much a historical, sociocultural region as a geographical one. : PNW

Pacific Northwest

noun

1. the region of North America lying north of the Columbia River and west of the Rockies

Example Sentences

Still, at least Macklemore sounds like a white guy from the Pacific Northwest.

From The Daily Beast

There was a logic to it – many of the wines were from the Pacific Northwest, principally from Oregon and Washington state.

From The Daily Beast

In the Pacific Northwest, legalization of recreational use has always felt like a question of when not if.

From The Daily Beast

And white supremacists continue to advocate for a homeland in the Pacific Northwest for “the Aryan peoples of the earth.”

From The Daily Beast

“I took a trip to Vancouver and the Pacific Northwest,” Alpert revealed.

From The Daily Beast

Perhaps the real history of the rise of the lumber industry in the Pacific Northwest will never be written.

From Project Gutenberg

Both have passed their entire lives in the Pacific northwest and they are at all times loyal to its best interests.

From Project Gutenberg

The governor followed up the various matters in behalf of the Pacific Northwest with his usual energy this session.

From Project Gutenberg

“Everybody helps” is the motto of the Seattle spirit, and it is just as characteristic of the entire Pacific Northwest.

From Project Gutenberg

Key to field identification of andromous juvenile salmonids in the Pacific Northwest.

From Project Gutenberg