Hyphenation of southwest

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word southwest? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

south-west

Definitions of southwest:

1.	The compass point midway between south and west At 225 degrees
2.	The southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado
3.	The direction corresponding to the southwestward compass point
4.	A location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or city
5.	Coming from the southwest The winds are southwesterly
6.	Situated in or oriented toward the southwest
7.	To, toward, or in the southwest

Synonyms of southwest:

adj	southwesterly, south
adj	southwestern, southwesterly, south
noun	sou'-west, SW, compass point, point
noun	Southwest, southwestern United States, geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
adv	south-west, sou'west

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.