Hyphenation of northwestern

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word northwestern? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

north-west-ern

Definitions of northwestern:

1.	Situated in or oriented toward the northwest
2.	Of a region of the United States generally including Washington Oregon Idaho And sometimes Montana Wyoming

Synonyms of northwestern:

adj	northwesterly, northwest, north
adj	western

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.