"Southwest" meaning in English

See Southwest in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From southwest, from south+west. * (Montreal): Calque of French Le Sud-Ouest * (United States of America): Ellipsis of American Southwest, Desert Southwest. Etymology templates: {{m|en|southwest}} southwest, {{m|en|south+west}} south+west, {{sense|Montreal}} (Montreal):, {{calque|en|fr|Le Sud-Ouest}} Calque of French Le Sud-Ouest, {{sense|United States of America}} (United States of America):, {{ellipsis of|en|American Southwest, Desert Southwest}} Ellipsis of American Southwest, Desert Southwest. Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} Southwest
  1. A borough and region of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Montreal, Places in Quebec, Regions of Canada Synonyms: Le Sud-Ouest, Sud-Ouest
    Sense id: en-Southwest-en-name-CeryDEyo
  2. Synonym of Southwestern United States Synonyms: American Southwest, Desert Southwest, Southwestern United States [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Southwest-en-name-UyD5D3ut Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67

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