| 单词 | north-western states |
| 释义 | > as lemmasNorth-western states b. U.S. Designating the regions to the north-west of the earliest European settlements in North America. Chiefly in North-western territory, North-western states. Cf. north-west adv. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [adjective] > U.S.A. > Western States > north-west north-western1802 1802 A. Ellicott Jrnl. 17 Cincinnati was at that time the capital of the North western Territory. 1835 J. H. Ingraham South-West I. ix. 106 Produce of all kinds, brought from the ‘Upper country’, as the north western states are termed here. 1883 Manufacturer & Builder Mar. 51/1 The predictions of early snow in the northwest in August or September is [sic] a very safe one to make, if one claims the right to test it by the weather reported at any one town in the Northwestern States or Territories. 1932 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 19 198 Every one of the seven Northwestern states had representatives of its foreign element in their delegations. 1993 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 80 299/2 Centennial West draws together twelve essays prepared to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of statehood in six northwestern states. < as lemmas |
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