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Alternative forms
[edit]- south-west (UK)
- sou'-west (nautical)
- SW (abbreviation)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle English southwest, southewest, from Old English sūþwest and sūþanwestan, equivalent to south + west. Cognate with West Frisian súdwest, Dutch zuidwest, German Südwesten, Danish sydvest, Swedish sydväst.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /saʊθˈwɛst/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (nautical, dialectal) IPA(key): /saʊˈwɛst/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛst
Noun
[edit]southwest (plural southwests)
- The intercardinal compass point halfway between south and west; specifically at a bearing of 225°.
- Antonym: northeast
- 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 40:
- 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.
Coordinate terms
[edit]northwest | north | northeast |
west | ![]() |
east |
southwest | south | southeast |
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]compass point
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Adjective
[edit]southwest (not generally comparable, comparative more southwest, superlative most southwest)
- Of, in or pertaining to the southwest; southwestern.
- Situated toward or in the direction of the southwest; southwestward; southwesterly.
- A southwest course.
- Coming from the southwest; southwesterly.
- A southwest wind.
Translations
[edit]southwestern — see southwestern
southwestward — see southwestward
southwesterly — see southwesterly
Adverb
[edit]southwest (not generally comparable, comparative more southwest, superlative most southwest)
- Towards or in the direction of the southwest; southwestwards.
- We are travelling southwest at the moment.
Translations
[edit]southwestward — see southwestward
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