Synonyms:
southwest, sou'-west, southwestward, SW
Meaning: the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees
Synonyms:
Southwest, southwestern_United_States
Meaning: the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado
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meaning of the word
Synonyms:
southwest, south-west, sou'west
Meaning: to, toward, or in the southwest
Usage examples
Look there, in the southwest.
Southwest Wind, Esquire, was as good as his word.
Also, keep watching the sky, especially to the south and southwest.
The morning was fresh and fair; a pleasant southwest wind was blowing.
The Rio Jurua, coming from the southwest, soon joins the river on the left.
While Pershing was still in West Point, the Indian chief Geronimo was making trouble in the Southwest.
Graduated from West Point, senior cadet captain. Sent to southwest as second-lieutenant, 6th cavalry. 1891.
At last, after many more adventures, they came to the Cape of Malea, at the southwest point of the Peloponnese.
For the rich southwest wind fed them, till pear grew ripe on pear, fig on fig, and grape on grape, all the winter and the spring.
All of these pretty little fellows live in the dry parts of the Far West and Southwest in the same region where Longfoot the Kangaroo Rat lives.