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southwest
CIDE DICTIONARY
southwest, n.
The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region. [1913 Webster]
southwest, a.
Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
southwest
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