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noun
1 (usually
the southwest)
the direction toward the point of the horizon midway between south and west, or the point of the horizon itself:clouds uncoiled from the southwest the compass point corresponding to this.
2the southwestern part of a country, region, or town:the beach is in the southwest of the island (usually the Southwest) the southwestern part of the US:the desert turtle population in the Southwest
adjective
[attributive] 1lying toward, near, or facing the southwest:the southwest tower collapsed in a storm (of a wind) blowing from the southwest.
2of or denoting the southwestern part of a specified country, region, or town or its inhabitants:fishing in southwest Alaska’s Bristol Bay area
adverb
to or toward the southwest:they drove directly southwest
