south-west
- adverb
- /ˈsaʊθˌwɛst/
:
suroeste
- Meanwhile, landslips and flooded lines were causing delays and cancellations to train services in the south-west.
Examples
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Look, if we go south-west, through here, we cut the journey in half.
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- Keep south-west.
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- Did you say south-west, yeah?
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Just drive out to Liberty and continue south-west.
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- Take the compass, head south-west.
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No, Dom, south-west is this way, mate.
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We're south-west of Corona.
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Instead, they were known as the "mail trains." The service between Kingstown, south of Dublin, and Queenstown was known as the "American Mail." For those from the south-west of Ireland who intended to emigrate to the United States, there were two options.
Academic text (1993) -
As well as providing a railway service, the Great Southern and Western operated a number of hotels throughout the south-west, principally at the major towns such as Tralee, Killarney, Cork, and Queenstown.
Academic text (1993) -
If we travel south-west, we will reach the beach in no time.
Synonyms
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1.0
Toward the direction halfway between south and west
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2.7
Toward the southwest
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3.7
Facing toward the southwest
In the direction between south and west
Toward the direction between south and west
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
South-west comes from the two simple words south and west and literally means 'between south and west' on a map or compass. So, to go south-west is to move toward both the south and the west at the same time.