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noun the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees
adjective toward the southwest
adverb in a southwestward direction
originEtymology tree English southwest Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English southwestward From southwest + -ward.
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