sw.
sw. is the abbreviation of southwest.
sw. is the abbreviation of southwestern.
Meaning of southwest
Noun
southwest (plural southwests)
- 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
Meaning of southwestern
Adjective
southwestern (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the southwest.
- Locals think southwestern sunsets are the most beautiful.
Noun capitalized: Sw.
Sw.
- Abbreviation of southwest.
Adjective capitalized: Sw.
Sw.
- Abbreviation of southwestern.
Questions about sw.
- What is sw. the abbreviation of?
- Sw. is the abbreviation of southwest.
- What part of speech is sw.?
- Sw. can be a noun or an adjective.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sw. (page history and authors); Sw. (page history and authors); southwest (page history and authors); southwestern (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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