southwestern
adjective
south·west·ern sau̇(th)-ˈwe-stərn 
1
: lying toward or coming from the southwest
2
often capitalized : of, relating to, or characteristic of a region conventionally designated Southwest
southwesternmost
sau̇(th)-ˈwe-stərn-ˌmōst
adjective 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The statement added that the incident took place at the Social Education House in Saudi Arabia's southwestern Asir region. 
Leila Sackur, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2022 China’s southwestern region had fared relatively well over nearly three years of the pandemic. Alexandra Stevenson, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2022 The Yangtze's water levels have been falling rapidly due to a drought and a heatwave in China's southwestern region. CNN, 21 Aug. 2022 Last week in the southwestern Gironde region of France, home to Bordeaux’s famous vineyards, hundreds of firefighters from across the European Union rushed in to help combat a wildfire sweeping through thousands of hectares of pine woods. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022 Record temperatures and winds are impacting firefighting efforts in France, where tens of thousands of people have been evacuated in recent days and some 2,000 firefighters are battling blazes in the southwestern Gironde region. Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 21 July 2022 While over 1,200 firefighters battled blazes in France's southwestern region of Gironde, at least 28,000 residents were evacuated. Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2022 The Kitchen Dwellers’ new album, Wise River, is named for the river that runs about 30 miles through the southwestern region of the state. Gary Stoller, Forbes, 6 July 2022 Getting proper consent is tricky, said Stefan Brink, the privacy regulator in Baden-Württemberg, the southwestern region where Porsche is based. Catherine Stupp, WSJ, 20 May 2022 See More
Leila Sackur, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2022 China’s southwestern region had fared relatively well over nearly three years of the pandemic. Alexandra Stevenson, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2022 The Yangtze's water levels have been falling rapidly due to a drought and a heatwave in China's southwestern region. CNN, 21 Aug. 2022 Last week in the southwestern Gironde region of France, home to Bordeaux’s famous vineyards, hundreds of firefighters from across the European Union rushed in to help combat a wildfire sweeping through thousands of hectares of pine woods. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022 Record temperatures and winds are impacting firefighting efforts in France, where tens of thousands of people have been evacuated in recent days and some 2,000 firefighters are battling blazes in the southwestern Gironde region. Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 21 July 2022 While over 1,200 firefighters battled blazes in France's southwestern region of Gironde, at least 28,000 residents were evacuated. Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2022 The Kitchen Dwellers’ new album, Wise River, is named for the river that runs about 30 miles through the southwestern region of the state. Gary Stoller, Forbes, 6 July 2022 Getting proper consent is tricky, said Stefan Brink, the privacy regulator in Baden-Württemberg, the southwestern region where Porsche is based. Catherine Stupp, WSJ, 20 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English sūth-westerne, from sūth south + westerne western
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing southwestern
Kids Definition
southwestern
adjective
south·west·ern sau̇th-ˈwe-stərn
1
often capitalized : of, relating to, or like that of the Southwest
southwestern art
2
: lying toward or coming from the southwest
the southwestern part of the country
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