English

Alternative forms

• south-west
• sou'-west

Noun

southwest ‎(usually uncountable, plural southwests)

1. The compass point halfway between south and west, specifically 225°, abbreviated as SW.
   • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 29686887 , chapter IV:

     So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

Derived terms

• southwest by south
• southwest by west

Coordinate terms

• (compass point): northeast, northwest, southeast

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Adjective

southwest ‎(not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwestern.
2. Towards the southwest, southwestwards, southwestern.
3. From the southwest, southwesterly

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