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Southwestern

noun

a dialect of Middle English

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\\-tə(r)n, -R also -t^ən\ adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sūthwesterne, from sūth south + westerne western — more at south, western

1. often capitalized : of, relating to, originating or dwelling in, or characteristic of a region conventionally designated Southwest

southwestern ranchers

southwestern pueblo towns

2. : situated toward or coming from the southwest

Useful english dictionary. 2012.