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1 west
[west] 1. noun1) (the direction in which the sun sets or any part of the earth lying in that direction: They travelled towards the west; The wind is blowing from the west; in the west of Britain.) vestur2) ((often with capital: also W) one of the four main points of the compass.) vestur2. adjective1) (in the west: She's in the west wing of the hospital.) vestur-2) (from the direction of the west: a west wind.) vestan-, að vestan, vestanstæður3. adverb(towards the west: The cliffs face west.) vestur, í vesturátt- westerly- western 4. noun(a film or novel about the Wild West: Most westerns are about cowboys and Red Indians.) vestri, kúrekamynd/-saga- westward
- westwards
- westward
- go west
- the West
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2 go west
(to become useless; to be destroyed: I'm afraid this jacket has finally gone west; That's all hopes of winning gone west.) eyðileggjast, fara í súginn, deyja -
3 north-east / north-west
nouns, adjective ((in or from) the direction midway between north and east or north and west, or any part of the earth lying in that direction: the north-east counties; a north-west wind.) norðaustur/-vestur -
4 south-east / south-west
nouns (the direction midway between south and east or south and west, or any part of the earth lying in that direction.) suðaustur; suðvestur -
5 the West
(Europe and North and South America.) Vesturlönd -
6 the Wild West
(the western United States, before the establishment of law and order.) villta vestrið -
7 south
1. noun1) (the direction to the right of a person facing the rising sun, or any part of the earth lying in that direction: He stood facing towards the south; She lives in the south of France.) suður2) (one of the four main points of the compass.) suður2. adjective1) (in the south: She works on the south coast.) suður-2) (from the direction of the south: a south wind.) sunnan-, að sunnan3. adverb(towards the south: This window faces south.) í suðurátt- southern
- southerner
- southernmost
- southward
- southwards
- southward
- southbound
- south-east / south-west 4. adjective1) (in the south-east or south-west: the south-east coast.) suðaustur; suðvestur2) (from the direction of the south-east or south-west: a south-east wind.) suðaustanstæður; suðvestanstæður5. adverb(towards the south-east or south-west: The gateway faces south-west.) í suðaustur; í suðvestur- south-eastern / south-western
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8 north
[no:Ɵ] 1. noun1) (the direction to the left of a person facing the rising sun, or any part of the earth lying in that direction: He faced towards the north; The wind is blowing from the north; I used to live in the north of England.) norður2) ((also N) one of the four main points of the compass.) norður2. adjective1) (in the north: on the north bank of the river.) norður-, norðanverður2) (from the direction of the north: a north wind.) að norðan, norðlægur3. adverb(towards the north: The stream flows north.) norður, í norðurátt- northern
- northerner
- northernmost
- northward
- northwards
- northward
- northbound
- north-east / north-west 4. adverb(towards the north-east or north-west: The building faces north-west.) í norðaustur/-vestur- north-eastern / north-western
- the North Pole -
9 black
[blæk] 1. adjective1) (of the colour in which these words are printed: black paint.) svartur2) (without light: a black night; The night was black and starless.) svartur; dimmur3) (dirty: Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal.) svartur (af skít)4) (without milk: black coffee.) svartur (kaffi)5) (evil: black magic.) svartur (galdur)6) ((often offensive: currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa etc) Negro, of African, West Indian descent.) svartur7) ((especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves).) svartur2. noun1) (the colour in which these words are printed: Black and white are opposites.) svartur2) (something (eg paint) black in colour: I've used up all the black.) svartur3) ((often with capital: often offensive: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa etc) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent.) svertingi3. verb(to make black.) sverta- blacken
- black art/magic
- blackbird
- blackboard
- black box
- the Black Death
- black eye
- blackhead
- blacklist 4. verb(to put (a person etc) on such a list.) setja á svartan lista5. noun(the act of blackmailing: money got by blackmail.) fjárkúgun- Black Maria
- black market
- black marketeer
- blackout
- black sheep
- blacksmith
- black and blue
- black out
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10 north-easterly / north-westerly
1) ((of a wind etc) coming from the north-east or north-west: a north-easterly wind.) norðvest-/norðaustlægur2) (looking, lying etc towards the north-east or north-west: a north-westerly direction.) í norðaustur/norðvesturEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > north-easterly / north-westerly
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11 south-easterly / south-westerly
1) ((of a wind etc) coming from the south-east or south-west: a south-easterly wind.) suðaustlægur; suðvestlægur2) (looking, lying etc towards the south-east or south-west: a south-westerly direction.) í suðaustur; í suðvesturEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > south-easterly / south-westerly
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12 westerly
1) ((of a wind, breeze etc) coming from the west: a westerly wind.) vestanstæður2) (looking, lying etc towards the west: moving in a westerly direction.) vestlægur, vestur- -
13 western
adjective (of the west or the West: Western customs/clothes.) vesturríkja-; vestrænn -
14 bearings
noun plural (location, place on a map etc; The island's bearings are 10° North, 24° West.) afstaða, staðsetning -
15 calypso
[kə'lipsəu]plural - calypsos; noun(a West Indian folk-song, telling of a current event and sometimes made up as the singer goes along.) kalypsó -
16 community
[kə'mju:nəti]plural - communities; noun1) (a group of people especially having the same religion or nationality and living in the same general area: the West Indian community in London.) samfélag2) (the public in general: He did it for the good of the community; ( also adjective) a community worker, a community centre.) almenningur -
17 dateline
noun (a north-south line drawn on maps through the Pacific Ocean, east and west of which the date is different.) dagalína -
18 defect
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19 lawless
adjective (paying no attention to, and not keeping, the law: In its early days, the American West was full of lawless men.) ólöglegur -
20 limited
1) ((negative unlimited) not very great, large etc; restricted: My experience is rather limited.) takmarkaður2) ((with capital, abbreviated to Ltd. when written) a word used in the titles of certain companies: West. and R. Chambers Ltd.) hlutafélag (hf)
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