southwest
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- noun
- /ˈsaʊθˌwɛst/
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suroeste
- I buried him somewhere in the southwest of France.
- the southwest region
- located in the southwest
- the southwest coast
And they live in the outskirts of Plymouth, you know, down in the southwest of of England.
- And they live in the outskirts of Plymouth, you know, down in the southwest of of England.
- He knows that she was in some Fallout Shelter in the southwest.
- Who's the star province in the southwest of Iran?
- They went into well in the North America, and there's evidence of those in the desert southwest.
Examples
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C & B Farms is located on the southwest shore of Lake Okeechobee.
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A personal favorite is Menemsha, a small fishing village in the southwest corner of the island.
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I grew up in southwest London, but it was a little bit quiet for me.
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Six is in the southwest corner.
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We're on the southwest corner.
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The southwest will be a better place to live once our work's finished.
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And we ended up having a family that came from southwest Missouri.
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The confluence of the La Crosse and Mississippi Rivers can be seen in the southwest corner.
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- Fouke Arkansas is located in the southwest corner of the state of Arkansas in Miller County.
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I attended a festival that takes place every summer in the beautiful southwest of England.
Compounds
How Southwestern
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Southwest can also mean the part of a country or city that lies in both the south and the west, where the 'south' and 'west' sides meet. That's why people call an area the southwest when it is the southern‑western region of a place.