southwestern
adjective
south·west·ern
sau̇(th)-ˈwe-stərn 
1
: lying toward or coming from the southwest
2
often Southwestern
: of, relating to, or characteristic of a region conventionally designated Southwest
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Lee’s home is nestled in the Bordeaux community, a traditionally African American neighborhood in northwest Nashville named for its resemblance to the southwestern French city.
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Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 5 Feb. 2026
According to Hillwood, AllianceTexas serves as the primary inland port for the southwestern United States.
—Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
The department said Tuesday night that three other homeless people have been killed in the area along East 120th Street on the southwestern edge of the Willowbrook community, all at homeless encampments along the same channel.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
The drama follows Ming, a Shanghai woman who travels alone to a rubber tree plantation in Xishuangbanna, along China’s southwestern border, searching for people who knew her late father during the Cultural Revolution’s Down to the Countryside Movement half a century earlier.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Feb. 2026
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Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 5 Feb. 2026
According to Hillwood, AllianceTexas serves as the primary inland port for the southwestern United States.
—Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
The department said Tuesday night that three other homeless people have been killed in the area along East 120th Street on the southwestern edge of the Willowbrook community, all at homeless encampments along the same channel.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
The drama follows Ming, a Shanghai woman who travels alone to a rubber tree plantation in Xishuangbanna, along China’s southwestern border, searching for people who knew her late father during the Cultural Revolution’s Down to the Countryside Movement half a century earlier.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Southwestern.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southwestern. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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southwestern
adjective
south·west·ern
sau̇(th)-ˈwes-tərn
1
: lying toward or coming from the southwest
2
often capitalized
: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Southwest
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