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southwestern (adj.)
[southwestern 词源字典]
Old English
suðwesterne
; see
southwest
+
-ern
. In reference to a section of the U.S., from 1806, when it meant "Mississippi and Alabama."
[southwestern etymology, southwestern origin, 英语词源]