SW

See also: sw, Sw, sŵ, Sw., św., and šw

English

Proper noun

SW

1. Initialism of Star Wars.

Noun

SW (countable and uncountable, plural SWs)

1. Initialism of southwest.
   • 1968, Joseph Earle Spencer, “PAOTING”, in Encyclopedia Britannica‎^[1], volume 17, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 237, column 1:

     PAOTING (CH’ING-YÜAN, TSINGYUAN), capital of Hopeh province, China, is 90 mi. (145 km.) S.W. of Peking on the Peking-Hankow railway.

2. Abbreviation of software.
3. Initialism of search warrant.
4. Initialism of sex work.
5. Initialism of social work.
6. (electronics) Initialism of short wave.
7. Initialism of street workout.

Related terms

• (short wave): MW, LW
• (southwest): NW, WNW, NNW, SE, ESE, SSE, S, W, SSW, WSW

Translations

compass point

• Hungarian: DNy (hu)
• Polish: PZ (pl)
• Portuguese: SO (pt), SW (pt)

Adjective

SW

1. Initialism of southwestern.

Verb

SW

1. (handbells) Abbreviation of swing: to play the bell in a normal position, swing it down to the waist, then bring it back up

See also

• (electronics): RF, SHF, UHF, VHF
• (direction): N, E, ENE, NNE

Anagrams

• W's, WS, Ws, w's, ws

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

SW

1. Abbreviation of Südwest; southwest