south-west

See also: southwest, Southwest, and South West

English

Noun

south-west (usually uncountable, plural south-wests)

1. (chiefly UK) Alternative form of southwest
   • 1901, “Native Account of the Situation”, in The Boxer Rising: A History of the Boxer Trouble in China‎^[1], 2nd edition, Shanghai Mercury, Ltd., →OCLC, page 60:

     In Chuchow in the south-west of Chekiang, as we learn from a Shaoshing letter, rebel soldiers have, before the arrival of the soldiers sent by the Governor, killed the magistrate of Sian city named Wu.

Adjective

south-west (not generally comparable, comparative more south-west, superlative most south-west)

1. (chiefly UK) Alternative form of southwest

Adverb

south-west (not generally comparable, comparative more south-west, superlative most south-west)

1. (chiefly UK) Alternative form of southwest
   • 1970, “Earthquakes”, in Annual summary of information on natural disasters 1966‎^[2], Belgium: Unesco, →OCLC, page 26‎^[3]:

     Little detailed information is available on the series of violent shocks which occurred in Hopeh province, north-eastern China, in March 1966. The earthquake of 7 March (No. 184), whose epicentre was located in the region of Hsing-t’ai, about 400 km south-west of Pekin, probably caused extensive damage since the magnitude was 7 and the focus shallow.