25,000 people die every day due to starvation.
2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Northwestern \North'west"ern\, adjective Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

northwestern

adjective

1: situated in or oriented toward the northwest [syn: {northwesterly}, {northwest}]

2: of a region of the United States generally including Washington; Oregon; Idaho; and sometimes Montana; Wyoming
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