nor'-nor'-west

Questions about nor'-nor'-west

What does nor'-nor'-west mean?

nor'-nor'-west means "the compass point that is midway between north and northwest". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nor'-nor'-west?

nor'-nor'-west has 3 syllables: nor'--nor'--west. The stress falls on "nor'-".

What is another word for nor'-nor'-west?

Close synonyms include north northwest, NNW, north-northwest. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nor'-nor'-west a common word?

nor'-nor'-west is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.