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English
Noun
south-west (usually uncountable, plural south-wests)
- (chiefly UK) Alternative form of southwest
1901, “Native Account of the Situation”, in The Boxer Rising: A History of the Boxer Trouble in China, 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)
- (chiefly UK) Alternative form of southwest
Adverb
south-west (not generally comparable, comparative more south-west, superlative most south-west)
- (chiefly UK) Alternative form of southwest
1970, “Earthquakes”, in Annual summary of information on natural disasters 1966, Belgium: Unesco, →OCLC, page 26: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.