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southwest

/saʊθˈwɛst/ noun B1
  1. The intercardinal compass point halfway between south and west; specifically at a bearing of 225°.

Plural southwests

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Over it, in the stainless southwest sky, a great crystal-white star was shining like a lamp of guidance and promise.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 28 · C1
Afar in the southwest was the great shimmering, pearl-like sparkle of an evening star in a sky that was pale golden and ethereal rose over gleaming white spaces and dark glens of spruce.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 141 · C1

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