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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Northwest Territories
a territory of Canada lying N of the provinces and extending E from Yukon territory to Nunavut. 42,500; 532,903 sq. mi. (1,379,700 sq. km). Cap.: Yellowknife. Abbr.: NT, N.W.T.

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1. (noun) Northwest Territories
a large territory in northwestern Canada; part is now Nunavut

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U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. northwest territories
A federally administered division of Canada. Its capital is Yellowknife. The former northern and eastern-most parts of the Territory comprise the new territory of Nunavut, effective April 1, 1999.

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