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| Arab |
a member of a southwest Asian people that makes up most of the population of Arabia and other parts of the Middle East. [1/4 definitions] |
| Arabia |
a peninsula in southwest Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. |
| Colorado |
a river that flows southwest from this state to the Pacific Ocean. [1/2 definitions] |
| Euphrates |
a river in southwest Asia. It flows from eastern Turkey south through Iraq. It joins the Tigris River in a valley where some of the most ancient civilizations were located. |
| Maldives |
an island country in the Indian Ocean that lies southwest of Sri Lanka. Maldives is made up of about two thousand islands. Its capital is Malé. |
| mesa |
a high piece of land with a flat top and steep sides, found in Mexico and the southwest area of the United States. |
| monsoon |
a wind system of the Indian Ocean that blows from the southwest in the summer and the northeast in the winter. The southwest monsoon brings with it a season of heavy rain. |
| pueblo |
a house made of adobe or stone built by Native Americans in the southwest United States. Pueblos are shared by the community and are usually several stories high. [2 definitions] |
| Sonoran Desert |
a dry region of the American southwest and northwestern Mexico. |
| southwest |
a region in the direction of southwest. [5/6 definitions] |
| southwestern |
of, located in, or coming from the southwest. |
| SW |
an abbreviation for southwest. |
| Tigris |
a river of southwest Asia. It flows through Turkey and Iraq. It joins the Euphrates River in a valley where some of the most ancient civilizations were located. |
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