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Noun: Northwest Passage
  1. A water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906)

Type of: itinerary, path, route

Encyclopedia: Northwest Passage

Nearest

north-south direction
Northumberland
Northumbria
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northwards
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Northwest
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Northwest Passage
Northwest Territories
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northwestern United States
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nortriptyline
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