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Princeton's WordNet

  1. southwest, sou'-west, southwestward, SWnoun

    the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees

  2. Southwest, southwestern United Statesnoun

    the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado

  3. southwestnoun

    the direction corresponding to the southwestward compass point

  4. southwestadjective

    a location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or city

  5. southwesterly, southwestadjective

    coming from the southwest

    "the winds are southwesterly"

  6. southwest, southwestern, southwesterlyadverb

    situated in or oriented toward the southwest

  7. southwest, south-west, sou'westadverb

    to, toward, or in the southwest

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  1. south-west

    South-west refers to the intermediate compass point between south and west. It is the opposite direction from north-east. In geographical terms, it describes a direction, location, or region in relation to the south and west points. In a more general context, it can also be used to depict a movement or orientation towards this direction.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of south-west in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of south-west in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of south-west in a Sentence

  1. Tim Walz:

    At approximately 1400 hours today a Minnesota Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter went down approximately 16 miles south-west of St. Cloud, the crash resulted in the death of all three crew.

  2. Greg Hare:

    It was found near the top of a snow-capped mountain in South West Yukon, it was an incredible discovery, we really did n’t intend to be on that [ ice ] patch on that day. VIKING SWORD DISCOVERY : HUNTER FINDS 1,100-YEAR-OLD WEAPON ON NORWEGIAN MOUNTAIN The archaeologists were travelling in two helicopters with a documentary film crew when they noticed caribou on the ice patch they were planning to land on. Instead, the helicopter landed on a small nearby patch of snow where Senior Project Archaeologist Christian Thomas quickly spotted the arrow.

  3. Adu Ayeni:

    Peter Obi’s performance in Lagos is unlikely to translate across the country, looking at his performance in the other south west states, the Lagos win reinforces the view that the Obidient movement is still somewhat concentrated among a higher economic class.. Elections in Nigeria are still won in rural areas and the data so far suggests that … Peter Obi still faces an uphill task to secure the required votes in critical states.

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