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

The first major atmospheric river system is pummeling the Pacific Northwest and Northern California, supercharged by a bomb cyclone.

From Los Angeles Times

The worst of its winds occurred offshore, but the intense system still brought major winds to the Pacific Northwest and is helping push the large atmospheric river towards the West Coast.

From Los Angeles Times

In addition to fueling Wednesday’s freakish bomb cyclone in the Pacific Northwest, atmospheric rivers were also responsible for a freakish Antarctic heat wave in April.

From Salon

The low pressure system off the Pacific Northwest coast driving this storm will begin rapidly intensifying Tuesday — reaching the threshold of a bomb cyclone — which will drastically increase its moisture and strength.

From Los Angeles Times

Two years ago, one of the nation’s biggest political upsets took place here amid the radiant greenery of the Pacific Northwest.

From Los Angeles Times