sou'-west

Noun

southwest (plural southwests)

1. The intercardinal compass point halfway between south and west; specifically at a bearing of 225°.
   • So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 40

   Antonyms:

   northeast

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