southwestern

American  

[sauth-west-ern] / ˌsaʊθˈwɛst ərn /

adjective

1. situated in, coming from, or proceeding toward the southwest.

2. Southwestern, of or relating to a region traditionally known as the Southwest in a country, continent, etc.

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Example Sentences

Responders found the pilot's body in bushland near the airport in Wedderburn, a southwestern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales state police said.

From Barron's

Indeed, so much of Abha, the capital of the southwestern province of Asir, seems a world away — and two dozen degrees cooler — from the scorching desert that dominates Western notions of the kingdom.

From Los Angeles Times

But the club based in a town amid the southwestern winelands, have been battling in the national league this season, winning just two of 12 matches.

From Barron's

The experience of doing nothing crept up on me this summer, surrounded by the stillness and quiet of our family cabin in southwestern Virginia.

From The Wall Street Journal

The National Weather Service office in Oxnard has also issued beach hazard warnings — an label encompassing a variety of dangerous conditions — in southwestern Santa Barbara County and coastal areas of San Diego and Orange County.

From Los Angeles Times