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. Initialism of search warrant.
3. Initialism of sex work.
4. Initialism of sex worker.

   Synonym: SWer

5. (electronics) Initialism of short wave.

   Coordinate terms: MW, LW

6. Initialism of social work.
7. Abbreviation of software.
8. Initialism of start weight.

   Coordinate terms: CW, GW, HW, LW, UGW

9. Initialism of street workout.

Related terms

• (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.
2. (in personal ads) Initialism of single white.

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

Anagrams

• W's, WS, Ws, w's, ws

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

SW

1. Abbreviation of Südwest (“southwest”).