west-southwest

See also: west southwest and west-south-west

English

West-southwest.

Alternative forms

Noun

west-southwest (uncountable)

The compass point halfway between southwest and west; specifically at a bearing of 247.5°.
Antonym: east-northeast

Translations

compass point

Danish: vestsydvest
Finnish: länsilounas
French: ouest-sud-ouest (fr) m
Galician: oeste-suroeste m
Greek: δυτικά-νοτιοδυτικά n pl (dytiká-notiodytiká)
Hungarian: nyugat-délnyugat (hu)
Japanese: 西南西 (ja) (seinansei)
Malay: barat barat daya
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vest-sørvest

Nynorsk: vest-sørvest
Portuguese: oés-sudoeste m
Spanish: oesuroeste
Swedish: västsydväst

Adjective

west-southwest (not comparable)

Of, in or pertaining to the west-southwest; west-southwestern.
Situated toward or in the direction of the west-southwest; west-southwestward; west-southwesterly.
A west-southwest course.
Coming from the west-southwest; west-southwesterly.
A west-southwest wind.

Translations

west-southwestern — see west-southwestern

west-southwestward — see west-southwestward

west-southwesterly — see west-southwesterly

Adverb

west-southwest (not comparable)

Towards or in the direction of the west-southwest; west-southwestwards.
We are travelling west-southwest at the moment.

Translations

west-southwestward — see west-southwestward

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