southwestern Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a dialect of Middle English
    West Saxon.
  2. adjective satellite situated in or oriented toward the southwest
    southwesterly; southwest.
  3. adjective satellite of a region of the United States generally including New Mexico; Arizona; Texas; California; and sometimes Nevada; Utah; Colorado

WordNet


South`west"ern adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern course.

Webster 1913