Southwestern
- noun
- Archaic
- Southwestern Louisiana
- Southwestern Division
- Southwestern University
Examples
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Mine was Southwestern of Memphis, by the way, but no matter.
Fiction book (1995) -
A typical example of the joint use of both terms is found at the University of Southwestern Louisiana.
Academic text (1998) -
Margaret Daniel is an assistant professor in the School of Music at the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette.
Academic text (1993) -
Valdosta State snagged its third victory of the season with a 67-51 win over Georgia Southwestern on Saturday night.
Blog text (30) -
Southwestern Wisconsin experienced its third wettest June and second wettest July in ninety-nine years.
Academic text (1994) -
The novel is written in a distinctive Southwestern dialect that reflects the local culture.
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Scholars often study Southwestern dialects to understand the evolution of Middle English in the region.
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The museum features an exhibit showcasing literature from the Southwestern dialect of Middle English.
Compounds
The part of the United States in the southwest that includes Arizona and New Mexico
- Specialized
1
9.8
A short, thick toad with bumpy skin that lives near desert streams in the southwestern United States
- Specialized
A fern with tall upright leaves that grows in dry rocky places in the US southwest
A medium-sized pine tree from northwest Mexico with dark, rough bark when mature
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word Southwestern comes from the two direction words south and west plus the ending -ern, which means 'from the direction of'. So a Southwestern dialect is simply the way people spoke in the south‑west part of a place, here the south‑west of England in Middle English times.