Nw.

Full definition of Nw.

Abbreviation

1. (legal) Abbreviation of northwest
2. (legal) Abbreviation of northwestern
3. Abbreviation of Norwegian

Usage notes

Legal sense: this is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in case citations. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations", Table T6, p. 430-431.