sudovest

Sudovest is the Italian term for the compass point located between south and west. It denotes the intercardinal direction halfway from south to west, corresponding to a bearing of 225 degrees on a standard compass. The term is used in geography, navigation, and meteorology to describe location, routes, or wind direction.

In meteorology, a sudovest wind is one that originates from the southwest and travels toward the northeast, following the convention of naming winds by their origin rather than their destination. The expression is common in maps, travel planning, and coastal or aviation contexts where precise orientation is important.

In Italian, sudovest can also be written with a hyphen as sud-ovest, though both forms are understood. It forms part of the conventional set of compass points, which includes the four cardinal directions (nord, est, sud, ovest) and the eight principal directions such as sudovest, as well as their more detailed extended points used in navigation. The concept parallels the English term southwest and is used similarly across languages to convey direction and bearing in geographic descriptions and planning.