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southwest

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1. southwest - Noun

2. southwest - Adjective

3. southwest - Adverb

4. southwest - Adjective Satellite

5. Southwest - Proper noun

Meaning

The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region.

Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas for the festival. Bernice Johnson Reagon

It is unacceptable that immigrants, including children, are shackled and detained in deplorable conditions. And it is unacceptable that already this year immigrants have died by the dozens in the California desert or in other parts of the Southwest. Roger Mahony

Who today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off if they were governed by Mexico? Stephen Ambrose

In more recent years, I've become more and more fascinated with the indigenous folklore of this land, Native American folklore, and also Hispanic folklore now that I live in the Southwest. Terri Windling

I'd had no particular interest in the Southwest at all as a young girl, and I was completely surprised that the desert stole my heart to the extent it did. Terri Windling

Keep costs low and spirits high, and the people of Southwest Airlines will keep LUV in the air. Herb Kelleher

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