adj
Meaning 1
In or toward the southwest
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
southwestward
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adv
Meaning 2
Toward the southwest
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
toward the southwest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adverb
Meaning 4
in a southwestward direction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: southwestwardly
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: southwest, sou'-west, SW
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: compass point, point
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English southwest Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English southwestward From southwest + -ward.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Māori: kei te tonga-mā-uru — in the southwest
- Māori: kei te hauāuru-mā-tonga — in the southwest
- Māori: kei te uru-mā-tonga — in the southwest
- Māori: ki te tonga-mā-uru — towards the southwest, in a southwesterly direction
- Māori: ki te hauāuru-mā-tonga — towards the southwest, in a southwesterly direction
- Māori: ki te uru-mā-tonga — towards the southwest, in a southwesterly direction
- Dutch: zuidwest — towards the southwest
- Hungarian: délnyugatra — towards the southwest
- Hungarian: délnyugat felé — towards the southwest
- Macedonian: југозападно (jugozapadno) — towards the southwest
- Māori: ki te tonga-mā-uru — towards the southwest
- Māori: ki te hauāuru-mā-tonga — towards the southwest
- Māori: ki te uru-mā-tonga — towards the southwest