Meaning

3 senses
  1. Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.

    A borough and region of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

  2. Synonym of Southwestern United States.

  3. A locality in the Central Highlands council area, the Derwent Valley council area, Huon Valley council area and the West Coast council area, central Tasmania, Australia.

Examples

29 sentences
  1. The wind is blowing from the southwest.

    ruВетер дует с юго-запада. — al_ex_an_der

  2. The river flows southwest to the sea.

  3. The wind is coming from the southwest.

    ruВетер дует с юго-запада. — al_ex_an_der

  4. I go to the southwest of the village.

    ruЯ иду на юго-запад деревни. — carlosalberto

    deIch gehe in den Südwesten des Dorfes. — carlosalberto

  5. A storm cloud was detected to the southwest.

Origin

By proprialization from southwest, which is equivalent to south + west.

By proprialization from southwest, which is equivalent to south + west.

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