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Seven of my novels take place in the Southwest, in the Four Corners area which has been my home since 1973. I know these mountains, rivers, mesas and canyons well, so it's been natural for me to draw on my own personal experiences here.
Will Hobbs

Meaning of "the Southwest" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE SOUTHWEST

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WHAT DOES THE SOUTHWEST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

the Southwest

Points of the compass

The points of the compass are points on a compass, specifically on the compass rose, marking divisions of the four cardinal directions: North, South, East, West. The number of points may be only the 4 cardinal points, or the 8 principal points adding the intercardinal directions northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest. In meteorological usage further intermediate points are added to give the sixteen points of a wind compass. Finally, at the most complete in European tradition, are found the full thirty-two points of the mariner's compass. In ancient China 24 points of the compass were used. The mariner's practice of boxing the compass is the action of naming all thirty-two points of the compass in order clockwise. The names of intermediate points are formed by the initials of the cardinal directions and their intermediate ordinal directions, and are very handy to refer to a heading in a general or colloquial fashion, without having to resort to computing or recalling degrees. For most applications, the minor points have been superseded by degrees measured clockwise from North.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE SOUTHWEST

the soil
the Solent
the Song of Solomon
the Soo Canals
the Sorbonne
the Sound
the south
the South Island
the Southeast
the Spanish
the Sphinx
the Spirit
the spiritual
the spotlight
the squits
the stage
the Stannaries
the Stans
the Star-Spangled Banner
the Stars and Bars

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE SOUTHWEST

galley-west
go west
mae west
Midwest
north by west
north-northwest
northwest
northwest by west
Old Northwest
Pacific Northwest
south by west
south-southwest
southwest
southwest by west
the northwest
the west
west
west-northwest
west-southwest

Synonyms and antonyms of the Southwest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the Southwest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE SOUTHWEST

Find out the translation of the Southwest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the Southwest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the Southwest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

西南
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el Suroeste
570 millions of speakers

English

the Southwest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दक्षिण पश्चिम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجنوب الغربي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Southwest
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Sudoeste
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দক্ষিণপশ্চিম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le Sud-Ouest
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Barat Daya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

der Südwesten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サウスウェスト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사우스 웨스트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing Southwest
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Tây Nam
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தென்மேற்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नैऋत्येस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Güneybatı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sud-ovest
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Southwest
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Southwest
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sud-vest
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

η ΝΔ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die suidweste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sydväst
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Southwest
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the Southwest

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE SOUTHWEST»

The term «the Southwest» is very widely used and occupies the 23.081 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of the Southwest
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «the Southwest».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE SOUTHWEST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the Southwest» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the Southwest» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the Southwest

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10 QUOTES WITH «THE SOUTHWEST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the Southwest.
1
Stephen Ambrose
Who today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off if they were governed by Mexico?
2
Pete Domenici
Obviously, overall infrastructure needs on the Southwest and Northern borders are mounting. We need a major push in Congress to remedy this.
3
Alain Ducasse
My son, Arzhel, is two, and he eats vegetables twice a day. We have a vegetable garden on our farm in the Southwest, and he gets two baskets, one over each arm, and says, 'Garden, Papa!' and then he eats what he picks.
4
Jeff Goodell
Climate scientists have long pointed to the Southwest as one of the places in the U.S. that is most vulnerable to global warming impacts, especially drought. And if there's one thing that even climate denialists don't dispute, dry things burn.
5
Will Hobbs
Seven of my novels take place in the Southwest, in the Four Corners area which has been my home since 1973. I know these mountains, rivers, mesas and canyons well, so it's been natural for me to draw on my own personal experiences here.
6
Donald Johanson
As an undergraduate, I had an opportunity to go on a number of archeological digs. So I had experience excavating, digging up remains of ancient Indian villages in the Midwest and in the Southwest.
7
Gib Lewis
Since they all broke up the greatest conference in football, which was the Southwest Conference, I've had little interest in them any more. I thought that was a disaster and a disgrace when they did that, but they did it anyway. So I've lost interest them and I don't care what they do anymore.
8
Roger Mahony
It is unacceptable that immigrants, including children, are shackled and detained in deplorable conditions. And it is unacceptable that already this year immigrants have died by the dozens in the California desert or in other parts of the Southwest.
9
Joe McNally
Ansel Adams rattled around the Southwest with his battered truck and his view camera, which looked like a giant accordion with a lens attached to it.
10
Philipp Meyer
I didn't know much about Texas when I moved there for graduate school. In my first or second semester, I took a class in life and literature of the Southwest, and that's where I first heard about these events along the border in 1915-1918, what Anglos called the Bandit Wars.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE SOUTHWEST»

Discover the use of the Southwest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the Southwest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Deer of the Southwest: A Complete Guide to the Natural ...
" "In this book, anyone interested in deer will be treated to authoritative but nontechnical discussions of deer evolution, natural history, human use, physical characteristics, antler growth, movement, home ranges, density, diets, water ...
Jim Heffelfinger, 2006
2
Hallmarks of the Southwest
This excellent second edition features an additional 40 new pages of information and marks.
Barton Wright, 2000
3
A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the ...
A lyrical and deeply researched account of the impact of climate change on the landscape--and future--of the American Southwest.
William deBuys, 2011
4
Edible and Useful Plants of Texas and the Southwest: A ...
Identifies plants that grow in Texas and surrounding regions of the South and Southwest and their many uses.
Delena Tull, 1999
5
Witchcraft in the Southwest: Spanish and Indian ...
A professional historian, author, editor, and translator, Marc Simmons has published numerous books and monographs on the Southwest as well as articles in more than twenty scholarly and popular journals.
Marc Simmons, 1980
6
The Southwest Airlines Way
Management lessons from the world's most profitable airline "If you want to understand how one organization can change the competitive rules of the game for an entire industry, read this book.
Jody Hoffer Gittell, 2002
7
The Jazz of the Southwest: An Oral History of Western Swing
In this book, Jean A. Boyd explores the origins and development of western swing as a vibrant current in the mainstream of jazz.
Jean A. Boyd, 1998
8
Native Peoples of the Southwest
"Griffin-Pierce has visited each tribal group profiled and has collaborated with native leaders to make the book as up-to-date and accurate as possible.
Trudy Griffin-Pierce, 2000
9
Crisis in the Southwest: The United States, Mexico, and the ...
In Crisis in the Southwest: The United States, Mexico, and the Struggle over Texas, Richard Bruce Winders provides a concise, accessible overview of the Mexican War and argues that the Mexican War led directly to the Civil War by creating a ...
Richard Bruce Winders, 2002
10
50 Common Birds of the Southwest
Describes and depicts 50 species commonly found in the Southwest, particularly those occurring in National Park Service areas.
Richard L. Cunningham, 1990

REFERENCE
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