southwestern
pronunciation
How to pronounce southwestern in British English:
UK [saʊθ'westən]
How to pronounce southwestern in American English:
US [ˌsaʊθ'westən]
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- Adjective:
- situated in or oriented toward the southwest
- of a region of the United States generally including New Mexico; Arizona; Texas; California; and sometimes Nevada; Utah; Colorado
Word Origin
- southwestern (adj.)
- Old English suðwesterne; see southwest + -ern. In reference to a section of the U.S., from 1806, when it meant "Mississippi and Alabama."
Example
- 1. Flooding from southwestern poland was advancing downstream to the border region .
- 2. Located in the golan heights in southwestern syria , quneitra is yet another casualty of the conflict in the middle east .
- 3. The southwestern therapist who treated ruth diagnosed sexual trauma in the first session .
- 4. Home to many of china 's 56 ethnic minorities , the southwestern chinese province of yunnan is known for its diversity in food , dress , language and geography .
- 5. She works at a luxury housing development on the outskirts of chengdu , a booming metropolis of 14 million people in southwestern china .