SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does southwestern United States mean? 

• SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES (noun)
  The noun SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES has 1 sense:

1. the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado

  Familiarity information: SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Southwest; southwestern United States

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (parts of "southwestern United States"):

Arizona; AZ; Grand Canyon State (a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon)

CA; Calif.; California; Golden State (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)

Battle Born State; Nev.; Nevada; NV; Sagebrush State; Silver State (a state in the western United States)

Land of Enchantment; N.M.; New Mexico; NM (a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border)

Lone-Star State; Tex.; Texas; TX (the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico)

Domain member region:

arroyo (a stream or brook)

Holonyms ("southwestern United States" is a part of...):

West; western United States (the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River)

 Context examples 

M. simiae is found primarily in the southwestern United States, Israel and Cuba, with tap water as its suspected reservoir.

(Mycobacterium simiae, NCI Thesaurus)