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southwestern

southwestern

3 3.3
Located in the southwest part of a place or facing that direction
  • adjective
  • /ˌsaʊθˈwɛstərn/
translation icon : suroeste
  • The southwestern gate matches up with the summer solstice.
  • southwestern corner
  • southwestern university

Can you go down annual southwestern border apprehensions?

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Examples

  • We have a possible location, second floor, southwestern corner.

    Unthinkable (2010)

  • The southwestern United States and its peoples have taught me so much.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Subjects were 91 undergraduate education majors enrolled in a required educational psychology course at a large southwestern university.

    Academic text (1991)

  • PHOTO (COLOR): A large specimen of the leaf-footed bug, Thasus neocalifornicus, from the southwestern United States.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Scholars believe the tomb belonged to Hecatomnus, the fourth-century B.C. ruler of Caria, a kingdom in what is now southwestern Turkey.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The Gulf of Mexico borders the southwestern corner of Alabama, with the Florida panhandle separating the ocean on the southeastern corner. Western, northern, and eastern Alabama border other states.

    Academic text (2014)

  • I was driving to the Pecos Conference, a yearly gathering of Southwestern archaeologists, and had time to stop by the Animas-La Plata Project (ALP).

    Academic text (2009)

  • The town is nestled in the southwestern part of the state, known for its stunning sunsets.

  • After driving for hours, we finally reached the southwestern border of the national park.

  • They built their new house in the southwestern corner of the property to catch the afternoon sun.

Synonyms

southwesterly
vssouthwestern
1 3.7

Facing toward the southwest

is the same idea but emphasizes facing rather than orientation
southwest
vssouthwestern
1.0

Coming from the direction halfway between south and west

focuses on being situated or facing that compass direction rather than coming from it

Compounds

Southwestern United States
1 2.8

The part of the United States in the southwest that includes Arizona and New Mexico

southwestern lip fern
  • Specialized
9.9

A fern with tall upright leaves that grows in dry rocky places in the US southwest

southwestern toad
  • Specialized
9.8

A short, thick toad with bumpy skin that lives near desert streams in the southwestern United States

southwestern white pine
  • US
7.5

A medium-sized pine tree from northwest Mexico with dark, rough bark when mature

Surface Forms

southwestern positive

Morphology

southwestern = southwest (transparent) = south + west + ern

The adjective is transparently built from 'southwest' + '-ern' to mean 'situated toward the southwest'.

Etymology

Southwestern The word southwestern is made from south 'south' and west 'west' plus the ending -ern 'of or relating to'. So a southwestern corner, wall, or region is one that is in or faces the direction that is both south and west.