Definition of South-west

1. Adverb. To, toward, or in the southwest.

Exact synonyms: Sou'west, Southwest

Lexicographical Neighbors of South-west

souterly
souterrain
souterrains
souters
south
south-central
south-east
south-eastern
south-polar
south-pole
south-seeking pole
south-south-east
south-south-west
south-southeast
south-southwest
south-west (current term)
south-western
south Australia
south africa
south american blastomycosis
south by east
south by west
south celestial pole
south poles
south side
south southeast
south southerly
south southwest
south temperate zone
south wind

Literary usage of South-west

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Crossing the Murray at Albury, the explorers, bearing to tin south-west, skirted the western shore of Port Philip and reached the sea-coast near where the ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... principal billa rise on the south-west and the eaat respectively. The former of these hills is called Mount Sion because, according to Josephus (Antiq. ..."

3. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties by United States, Charles Joseph Kappler (1904)
"South half, south half of northeast quarter and south half of northwest quarter of section 9; south half of northwest quarter, and south west quarter of ..."

4. Report by Tasmania Dept. of Mines (1897)
"The tunnel is 327 feet long ; it cuts two small slides running north-westerly and dipping to the south-west, but no more lodes are seen in it. ..."

5. The Great South: A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian by Edward King (1875)
"... but also to the north-west and the south-west "—a line, in fact, which will make the Atlantic via Norfolk 351 miles nearer Louisville, 260 miles nearer ..."

6. Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania: From the Organization to by Pennsylvania Provincial Council (1852)
"... thence South West three hundred & Sixty ... thence South West and by South twelve ... thence South West " by South twenty ..."

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