sjeverozapad
Sjeverozapad is a term used in South Slavic languages (Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian) to denote the northwest. It functions as a geographic direction, positioned between north (sjever) and west (zapad). In cartography and navigation, sjeverozapad refers to the compass bearing of approximately 315 degrees. The term is also used in meteorology to describe wind coming from the northwest (sjeverozapadni vjetar).
In geographic descriptions it is common to refer to the northwestern part of a region as the
Etymology: The word is a compound of sjever (north) and zapad (west), reflecting a common Slavic pattern
Variant spellings and usage: In Croatian and Bosnian standard orthography, sjeverozapad is written as a single
See also: Cardinal direction, Northwest, Compass, Geography.