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southwestern

southwestern adjective: of or pertaining to the southwest.

Adjective (1)

southwestern (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the southwest.
    • Locals think southwestern sunsets are the most beautiful.
    • In particular, Kumamoto prefecture in southwestern Japan is quickly becoming a hotbed for tech investment from companies including TSMC and Fujifilm Holdings Corp (FUJIF).2023 May 18, Reuters, “Chipmakers look to Japan as worries about China grow”, in CNN Business

Adjective (2) capitalized: Southwestern

Southwestern (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
    1. (US) Of or relating to the southwestern region of the contiguous United States.
      • This recipe has a Southwestern flavor that reminds me of my trip to Santa Fe.

southwestern meaning in Hindi and Telugu

southwestern in Hindi

Translations
दक्षिणपश्चिमी dakṣiṇpaścimī

southwestern in Telugu

Translations
నైఋతి nair̥ti

Examples of southwestern in a sentence

  • The Lowland Fynbos is located at the southwestern tip of the African continent where it forms part of the Cape Floristic Region.
  • Monkhbaatar’s great-grandfather had been a prominent lama in the southwestern province of Bayankhongor.
  • Recently, another coleopterist collected Brachys barberi—more typically a southwestern species—on Quercus harvardii (shinnery oak) at this spot.

All 40 example sentences with southwestern

Forms of southwestern

alternative UKsouth-western

Origin of southwestern

From Middle English southwesterne, from Old English sūþwesterne, equivalent to south + western.

By surface analysis, equally (1) Southwest + -ern or (2) a proprialization from southwestern.

Words formed from southwestern

Phrases with southwestern

Questions about southwestern

What does southwestern mean?
Southwestern means of or pertaining to the southwest.
What is southwestern in Hindi?
Southwestern in Hindi is दक्षिणपश्चिमी (dakṣiṇpaścimī). See Southwestern meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is southwestern?
Southwestern is an adjective.

Words near southwestern in the dictionary

  1. southwestbound
  2. southwester
  3. southwesterlies
  4. southwesterly
  5. southwestermost
  6. southwestern
  7. Southwestern Asia
  8. Southwestern Asian
  9. Southwestern Asians
  10. Southwestern pink
  11. southwestern salad

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