English Explanatory Dictionary

Arizona

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A state in the southwestern United States, established 1912. Capital: Phoenix.
  2. Ellipsis of University of Arizona.
  3. A territory of the southwest Confederate (1862–1865) and United States of America (1863–1912), with its capitals at Tucson, Prescott, and Phoenix.
  4. A department of the northwest Second Mexican Empire (1863–1865), with its capital at Altar.
  5. A unisex given name.
  6. Arizona Beverage Company, which sells its products under the name AriZona.
  7. Several places named for the state or territory.
  8. Arizona City, a census-designated place in Pinal County, Arizona, United States.
  9. An unincorporated community in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States.
  10. An unincorporated community in Burt County, Nebraska, United States.
  11. A locality in Manitoba, Canada.
  12. A municipality of Atlántida department, Honduras.

Pronunciation

/ˌæɹɪˈzoʊnə/ /ˌɛɹɪˈzoʊnə/ En-us-ne-arizona.ogg en-us-Arizona.ogg /ˌæɹɪˈzəʊnə/

Word forms

Arizona

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from O'odham alĭ ṣonak (literally “small spring”) (traditionally through the Spanish intermediary form Arizonac; compare modern Arizona), a name initially applied to an area around a silver-mining camp in Sonora. Alternatively, perhaps from Basque haritz ona (literally “good oak”), as the area had many Basque herders, and a descendant of them established the ranchería of Arizona (circa 1735) in Sonora. Suggestions of derivation from *arizuma, supposedly a Nahuatl word meaning “silver-bearing”, are considered implausible, and derivation from árida zona (literally “dry zone”) is considered a folk etymology.

Synonyms

UA Ariz. AZ

Derived words

Aridzona Arizola Arizona ash Arizona black walnut Arizonan Arizona room Arizona sycamore Arizona Territory Arizona walnut Arizonian arizonite Confederate Arizona Territory of Arizona

Translations

Arabic: أَرِيزُونَا Armenian: Արիզոնա Bengali: অ্যারিজোনা Bulgarian: Аризо́на Burmese: အရီဇိုးနားပြည်နယ် Chinese Mandarin: 亞利桑那州 /亚利桑那州 Chinese Mandarin: 亞里桑那州 Corsican: Arizona Czech: Arizona Danish: Arizona Esperanto: Arizono Finnish: Arizona French: Arizona Galician: Arizona Georgian: არიზონა German: Arizona Greek: Αριζόνα Hawaiian: ʻAlikona Hindi: एरिज़ोना Hindi: एरीजोना Hungarian: Arizona Icelandic: Arisóna Inuktitut: ᐋᕇᓲᓈ Italian: Arizona Japanese: アリゾナ Khmer: អារីហ្សូណា Korean: 애리조나 Lao: ອາຣິໂຊນາ Limburgish: Arizona Macedonian: Аризо́на Maltese: Ariżona Marathi: अॅरिझोना Navajo: Hoozdo hahoodzo Occitan: Arizòna O'odham: Alĭ ṣonak Pohnpeian: Arisohna Polish: Arizona Portuguese: Arizona Russian: Аризо́на Spanish: Arizona Thai: แอริโซนา Turkish: Arizona
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