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How to pronounce southwest in English?

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Synonyms southwestern united states
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Synonyms sou'west, south-west
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Synonyms southwesterly, southwestern
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Synonyms southwesterly


the winds are southwesterly.
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Synonyms sou'-west, southwestward, sw
Type of compass point, point
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Type of location
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Type of direction

Examples of southwest

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Landslides also closed sections of three state highways in southwest Washington.
From the washingtontimes.com
This view of Citygarden is from the southwest corner of 10th and Market streets.
From the stltoday.com
Former Alaska senator Ted Stevens has died in a plane crash in southwest Alaska.
From the newsweek.com
Bowyer's hometown of Emporia, KS is roughly 100 miles southwest of the speedway.
From the kentucky.com
It's about 220 miles southwest of Manzanillo, along the Pacific coast of Mexico.
From the cnn.com
Southwest Airlines, the airport's main carrier, will move into the new facility.
From the sacbee.com
Edgar Springs is about 30 miles southwest of Steelville, the 1990 census center.
From the stltoday.com
Southwest and JetBlue both scratched out tiny profits despite higher fuel costs.
From the sacbee.com
Southwest flies nonstop from BWI Marshall to Albany starting at $241 round trip.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • Southwesterly: coming from the southwest; "the winds are southwesterly"
  • The compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees
  • The southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado
  • The direction corresponding to the southwestward compass point
  • A location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or city
  • (southwestern) a dialect of Middle English
  • Southwest is an album by rapper Daz Dillinger with rapper Nuwine. It is was released on June 24, 2003.
  • The four cardinal directions or cardinal points are the directions of north, south, east, and west, commonly denoted by their initials: N, S, E, W. East and west are at right angles to north and south, with east being in the direction of rotation and west being directly opposite. ...
  • Southwest (SW or S.W.) is the southwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located south of the National Mall and west of South Capitol Street. It is the smallest quadrant of the city. ...