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Added 9 October 2026

southwestern

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about southwestern at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A dialect of Middle English.

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.

Origin

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

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