Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pacific northwest

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables
paci-fic north-west
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

Inflected Forms

the Pacific Northwest (canonical)

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What does pacific northwest mean?
The region of North America along the Pacific coast, typically defined as the states of Washington and Oregon and the southern part of the province of British Columbia, but variously including northern California, Idaho, all of British Columbia, the Yukon territory, and the panhandle of or all of Alaska.

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