southwestnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌsaʊθˈwest/us/ˌsaʊθˈwest/written abbreviation SWB1 the direction that is between south and west:
We live in the southwest of Scotland.
the Southwest
the area in the southwest of England, the US, or another country:
Have you been to Cornwall? It's in the Southwest.
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- We have a house in the southwest of France.
- Troops are moving towards the southwest of the country.
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Towns & regions: parts of countries
- Breton
- canton
- Catalan
- city state
- co-
- county
- county borough
- countywide
- east
- East Ender
- interstate
- level
- north
- northeast
- northerner
- provincial
- region
- regionalism
- reservation
- southerner
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Points of the compass
southwestadjective, adverb
uk/ˌsaʊθˈwest/us/ˌsaʊθˈwest/written abbreviation SWB1 in or towards the southwest:
I come from the southwest part of the island.
They moved southwest in an attempt to find better land.
southwest wind
a wind that comes from the southwest
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Points of the compass
- cardinal point
- compass reading
- E, e
- east
- easterly
- geomagnetic pole
- N, n
- northeastern
- northeastward
- northerly
- northern
- northernmost
- northwestward
- southeastern
- southern
- southernmost
- southward
- southwestern
- true north
- western
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