Usually means: Wind direction: west-northwest.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. WNW, WNW: Merriam-Webster
  2. WNW: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. WNW: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. WNW: Collins English Dictionary
  5. WNW: Vocabulary.com
  6. WNW: Wiktionary
  7. WNW: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. WNW: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. WNW: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. WNW: Dictionary.com
  11. WNW: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Wnw: Rhymezone
  13. WNW: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  14. wnw: FreeDictionary.org
  15. wnw: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. WNW: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. WNW: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. WNW: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING

(Note: See wnws as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (WNW)

noun:  Initialism of west-northwest. [The compass point halfway between west and northwest; specifically at a bearing of 292.5°.]
adjective:  Initialism of west-northwest. [Of, in or pertaining to the west-northwest; west-northwestern.]
adverb:  Initialism of west-northwest. [Towards or in the direction of the west-northwest; west-northwestwards.]

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