west-north-west en · ADJ
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(alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of west-northwest.
alt of west-northwest
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Portishead, lying west-north-west of Bristol, on the Severn, had a small port from medieval times on its pill, or inlet, and began to develop as a seaside resort early in the nineteenth century, when it was served by steam packets from Bristol.1955 June, C. L. Mowat, “The Bristol & Portishead Pier & Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 371: