southwestern

[US]/ˌsaʊθˈwestən/
[UK]/ˌsaʊθˈwɛstɚn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. located in or coming from the southwest
n. a person from or living in the southwestern region

Phrases & Collocations

the southwestern region

southwestern United States

Example Sentences

There were very few border controls on the southwestern frontier.

a kingbird seen in the southwestern United States;

common tanager of southwestern United States and Mexico.

A large part of the southwestern United States is unsettled desert.

There is one kind of picrite in Manxin of Menglian of Southwestern Yunnan that was considered as vein of picrite porphyrite by predecessors.

US soldier walks past cartoon characters Tom and Jerry painted on the wall of a shop during a patrol in southwestern Baghdad's Amil district September 26, 2008.

"But the research so far has been extremely promising," says Dr. Ellen Vitetta, director of the Cancer Immunobiology Center at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.

handsome low saltbush of arid southwestern United States and Mexico having blue-green prickly-edged leaves often used for Christmas decoration.

Real-world Examples

This was the scene last weekend in southwestern Russia.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2018 Collection

Thousands of earthquakes have struck Iceland Southwestern peninsula in the last few days.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

The scene is Ogunquit Beach in southwestern Maine.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2021 Collection

Matt Muller is a farmer in southwestern Oklahoma.

Source: VOA Special October 2014 Collection

The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China.

Source: New Target Junior High School English Grade Eight (Second Semester)

Cheshire county is on the southwestern part of New Hampshire.

Source: Children's Encyclopedia Song

Yee was born in southwestern China's Yunnan province in 1921.

Source: CCTV Observations

The volcano sits in the Cascade Mountains in southwestern Washington state.

Source: CNN Selected May 2016 Collection

Hanau is in southwestern Germany, about 20 kilometres east of Frankfurt.

Source: CRI Online May 2020 Collection

A massive wildfire in southwestern Oregon is threatening about 2,000 homes.

Source: AP Listening Collection July 2021

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