northwest territories

English Thesaurus

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

instance hypernym	:	district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory,
definition	:	a region marked off for administrative or other purposes (noun.location)

part holonym	:	yellowknife,
definition	:	a town in the Northwest Territories in northern Canada on the Great Slave Lake (noun.location)

part holonym	:	great slave lake,
definition	:	a lake in the Northwest Territories in northwestern Canada; drained by the Mackenzie River (noun.object)

part meronym	:	canada,
definition	:	a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada (noun.location)