four-corners

¹

or four cor·ners

[ fawr-kawr-nerz, fohr- ]

noun

, (used with a singular or plural verb)

1. a place where roads cross at right angles; a crossroads.

Four Corners

²

noun

1. a point in the SW U.S., at the intersection of 37° N latitude and 109° W longitude, where the boundaries of four states—Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico—meet: the only such point in the U.S.

Example Sentences

Early week monsoonal moisture may linger over the Desert Southwest and Four Corners region, keeping temperatures a bit more modest as afternoon showers and thunderstorms brew.

From Washington Post

Temperatures in the West should be near average through Friday before a ridge of high pressure parks itself over the Four Corners region.

From Washington Post

Even after the district eventually added a Baldwin site, children in the Four Corners neighborhood still would have had to walk two hours each way to pick up their breakfast and lunch.

From Eater

Zoel Zohnnie, is a Navajo Native from Arizona, but calls the Four Corners region his home.

From Time

Struli was at his side like one sprung from the earth, he tore off his Four-Corners, and made his comrade a bandage.

From Project Gutenberg

For the land will never again stand at the crossroads, the four-corners of the civilized world.

From Project Gutenberg