1. southwestern - Noun
2. southwestern - Adjective
3. southwestern - Adjective Satellite
Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern course.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe Seven Cities of Gold always fascinated me. Southwestern U.S. history especially fascinates me. The whole spur of the Spanish exploration of the Southwestern U.S. was the search for these mythical Seven Cities of Gold. Neil Peart
Emergency health care for illegal aliens along the southwestern border is already costing area hospitals $200 million a year, with perhaps another $100 million in extended care costs. Gary Miller
I grew up in southwestern Virginia. I was born in South Carolina, but only because my parents had a vacation cabin or something there on the beach. I was like a summer baby. But I did grow up in the South. I grew up in serious, serious Appalachia, in a very small town. William Gibson
When no other schools in the Southeastern Conference or the former Southwestern Conference would award them athletic scholarships, African Americans had been recruited by and playing for Texas Western since the 1950s. Solomon Ortiz
I love writing about Oklahoma. I love writing Oklahoma characters; I love playing Southwestern characters. Tim Blake Nelson
The culture of the Anasazi is still the best known of all prehistoric southwestern cultures. ...Their architecture... is distinctly their own, and unique among all the southwestern cultures. Peter Farb