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southwest
[ south-west; Nautical sou-west ]
noun
- the point or direction midway between south and west. : SW
- a region in this direction.
- the Southwest, the southwest region of the United States.
adjective
- lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the southwest.
- coming from the southwest, as a wind.
adverb
- in the direction midway between south and west.
Southwest
1/ ˌʊθˈɛ /
noun
- the Southwestthe southwestern part of Britain, esp Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset
southwest
2/ ˌsaʊˈwɛst; ˌʊθˈɛ /
noun
- the point of the compass or the direction midway between west and south, 225° clockwise from north
- often capusually preceded bythe any area lying in or towards this direction
adjective
- sometimes capital of or denoting the southwestern part of a specified country, area, etc
southwest Italy
- situated in or towards the southwest
- (esp of the wind) from the southwest
adverb
- in, to, towards, or (esp of the wind) from the southwest
Derived Forms
- ˌdzܳٳˈɱٱԳDz, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- dzܳٳwİ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of southwest1
Example Sentences
Greenland’s social environment is also different from Denmark’s — its Indigenous population, which has its own social mores, is larger as a proportion of the population, and residents are concentrated in the giant island’s southwest.
The couple were on their way to the airport from their home in Fulham, southwest London when one of their tyres was punctured on the M25.
He has long predicted an incredibly large 10.3 quake would strike southwest Alaska or islands off the coast of New Zealand, a magnitude so strong he said it could disrupt global trade.
His Canadian firm New Protein International is currently constructing Canada's first soy protein manufacturing plant in southwest Ontario, just miles from the US border.
The BBC has asked one current McDonald's employee, who works for a franchise restaurant in southwest Scotland, for his reaction to the letter.
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