Thesouthwest is the direction which is halfway between south and west.
...some 500 kilometers to the southwest of Johannesburg.
2. singular noun
Thesouthwestof a place, country, or region is the part which is toward the southwest.
...the southwest of France.
3. adverb [ADV after v]
If you go southwest, you travel toward the southwest.
We took a plane southwest across the Anatolian plateau to Cappadocia.
4. adverb [ADVof n]
Something that is southwest of a place is positioned to the southwest of it.
It's some 65 miles southwest of Houston.
5. adjective [ADJ n]
The southwest part of a place, country, or region is the part which is toward the southwest.
...a Labor Day festival in southwest Louisiana.
6. adjective [ADJ n]
A southwest wind is a wind that blows from the southwest.
Then the southwest wind began to blow.
southwest in British English
(ˌsaʊθˈwɛst, nautical ˌsaʊˈwɛst)
noun
1.
the point of the compass or the direction midway between west and south, 225° clockwise from north
2. (often capital; usually preceded bythe)
any area lying in or towards this direction
adjective also: southwestern
3. (sometimes capital)
of or denoting the southwestern part of a specified country, area, etc
southwest Italy
4.
situated in or towards the southwest
5.
(esp of the wind) from the southwest
adverb
6.
in, to, towards, or (esp of the wind) from the southwest
Symbol: SW
Derived forms
southwesternmost (ˌsouthˈwesternmost)
adjective
Southwest in British English
(ˌsaʊθˈwɛst)
noun
the Southwest
southwest in American English
(ˌsaʊθˈwɛst; Nautical ˌsaʊwɛst)
noun
1.
the direction, or the point on a mariner's compass, halfway between south and west; 45° west of due south
2.
a district or region in or toward this direction
adjective
3.
in, of, to, toward, or facing the southwest
4.
from the southwest
a southwest wind
adverb
5.
in, toward, or from the southwest
Idioms:
the Southwest
Examples of 'southwest' in a sentence
southwest
Today strong southwest winds will sweep more rain northeast followed by brighter conditions with heavy showers.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The mood changed as strengthening southwest winds began to draw in a warmer tropical maritime air mass.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The southwest side of the tree will be lighter and rain is more likely to be driven in under the canopy.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Bordeaux is 60 miles to the southwest.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Five regions are to be placed under emergency measures, all in the southwest of the country.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The showers could be heavy and persistent, especially across the southwest.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The clouds parted over southwest London as the country settled down to lunch.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We had a drive put in in the 1970s and it missed the southwest corner by inches.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Six tons of rock and earth from Svalbard to be towed round the southwest coast.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Baden-Baden is an ancient spa town in a beautiful corner of southwest Germany.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It occupies the southwest area of the island chain, including all the western side of the main island.
The Sun (2008)
These are most likely in the south and southwest; northern parts will be largely dry with chilly nights.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The colonists faced a land of ice and could only settle on relatively few green areas in sheltered fjords in the southwest of the country.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Consultants are vying to work on a new rail route that could stretch from northeast London to southwest of the capital.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
At the weekend high pressure is likely to settle things down in the south and southwest; the north will probably remain breezy and wet.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Before the day was out, a deep low pressure system moved towards southwest Ireland.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Nine miles southwest, meanwhile, is a second lighthouse.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The journey is across London, from northeast to southwest.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It will stretch all across Ukraine's southwest.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The insurer said that claims were highest in the northeast, the southwest and the Midlands.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The southwest was the region that performed best, with prices up 5.3% in the second quarter.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He also enjoyed spending time with his wife at their home in the Gers region of southwest France.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A mile further southwest on the path brings you back to North End.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The next day a small but rather vicious area of low pressure eased in across the southwest towards the Midlands and overnight into northeast England.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In other languages
southwest
British English: southwest /ˌsaʊθˈwɛst; ˌsaʊˈwɛst/ NOUN
The southwest is the direction which is halfway between south and west.
The village is some six miles to the southwest.
American English: southwest
Arabic: جَنُوبٌ غَرْبِيّ
Brazilian Portuguese: sudoeste
Chinese: 西南
Croatian: jugozapad
Czech: jihozápad
Danish: sydvest
Dutch: zuidwesten
European Spanish: sudoeste
Finnish: lounas ilmansuunta
French: sud-ouest
German: Südwesten
Greek: νοτιοδυτικά
Italian: sud-ovest
Japanese: 南西
Korean: 남서쪽
Norwegian: sørvest
Polish: południowy zachód
European Portuguese: sudoeste
Romanian: sud-vest
Russian: юго-запад
Latin American Spanish: sudoeste
Swedish: sydväst
Thai: ตะวันตกเฉียงใต้
Turkish: güneybatı
Ukrainian: південний захід
Vietnamese: hướng tây nam
British English: southwest ADJECTIVE
The south-west part of a place, country, or region is the part which is towards the south-west.
...a festival in the southwest of the region.
American English: southwest
Brazilian Portuguese: sudoeste
Chinese: 西南部的
European Spanish: suroeste
French: du sud-ouest
German: Südwest-
Italian: sudoccidentale
Japanese: 南西の
Korean: 남서부의
European Portuguese: sudoeste
Latin American Spanish: suroeste
All related terms of 'southwest'
south-west
The south-west is the direction which is halfway between south and west.
South-West Africa
→ Namibia
the Southwest
the southwestern part of Britain, esp Cornwall , Devon , and Somerset
south-southwest
the point on the compass or the direction midway between south and southwest ; 202° 30′ clockwise from north
west-southwest
the point on the compass or the direction midway between southwest and west , 247° 30′ clockwise from north
Namibia
a country in southern Africa bordering on South Africa: annexed by Germany in 1884 and mandated by the League of Nations to South Africa in 1920. The mandate was terminated by the UN in 1966 but this was ignored by South Africa, as was the 1971 ruling by the International Court of Justice that the territory be surrendered . Independence was achieved in 1990 and Namibia became a member of the Commonwealth ; Walvis Bay remained a South African enclave until 1994, when it was returned to Namibia. Official language: English; Afrikaans and German also spoken. Religion : Christian majority . Currency : dollar . Capital: Windhoek . Pop: 2 533 794 (2017 est). Area: 823 328 sq km (317 887 sq miles)
southwest by south
one point on the compass south of southwest ; 213° 45′ clockwise from north
southwest by west
one point on the compass north of southwest , 236° 15′ clockwise from north