Arizona

English

Map of the US with Arizona in red

Etymology

Uncertain. Two very different origins have been proposed:

• From Basque aritz ona (“good oak”), from aritz (“oak”) + ona (“good”).
• From O'odham alĭ ṣonak (“small spring”), from alĭ (“small”) + ṣonak (“spring”).

The claim that it comes from Spanish árida (“dry”) + zona (“zone”) is folk etymology.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæɹɪˈzoʊnə/, /ˌɛɹɪˈzoʊnə/
  • (Mary–marry–merry distinction)

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæɹɪˈzəʊnə/
• Rhymes: -əʊnə

Proper noun

Arizona

1. A state in the southwestern United States, established 1912. Capital: Phoenix.
2. (historical) A territory of the southwest Confederate (1862–1865) and United States of America (1863–1912), with its capitals at Tucson, Prescott, and Phoenix.
3. (historical) A department of the northwest Second Mexican Empire (1863–1865), with its capital at Altar.
4. (rare) A unisex given name
5. Several places named for the state or territory.
   1. An unincorporated community in Louisiana, United States.
   2. An unincorporated community in Nebraska, United States.
   3. A locality in Manitoba, Canada.
   4. A municipality of Atlántida, Honduras.

Synonyms

• (state): Ariz., AZ

Derived terms

• Arizonan
• Arizona room
• Arizonian
• arizonite

 

Translations

a state of the United States of America

• Arabic: أَرِيزُونَا‎ f (ʾarizūnā)
• Armenian: Արիզոնա (hy) (Arizona)
• Burmese: အရီဇိုးနားပြည်နယ် (a.rijui:na:pranynai)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞利桑那 (zh)州 (zh), 亚利桑那 (zh)州 (zh) (Yàlìsāngnà zhōu) (official); 亞里桑那州 (zh), 亚里桑那州 (zh) (Yàlǐsāngnà zhōu)

• Corsican: Arizona f
• Czech: Arizona (cs) f
• Danish: Arizona
• Esperanto: Arizono
• Finnish: Arizona (fi)
• French: Arizona (fr) f
• Galician: Arizona (gl)
• Georgian: არიზონა (arizona)
• German: Arizona (de)
• Hindi: एरिज़ोना m (erizonā), एरीजोना m (erījonā)
• Icelandic: Arisóna
• Inuktitut: ᐋᕇᓲᓈ (aariisuunaa)

• Italian: Arizona (it) f
• Japanese: アリゾナ州 (Arizona-shū)
• Korean: 애리조나 (Aerijona)
• Limburgish: Arizona
• Macedonian: Аризо́на f (Arizóna)
• Maltese: Ariżona f
• Navajo: Hoozdo hahoodzo
• O'odham: Alĭ ṣonak
• Occitan: Arizòna (oc) m
• Polish: Arizona (pl) f
• Portuguese: Arizona (pt) m
• Russian: Аризо́на (ru) f (Arizóna)
• Spanish: Arizona (es) f
• Thai: แอริโซนา (ɛɛ-rí-soo-nâa)
• Turkish: Arizona
• Uyghur: ئارىزونا‎ (arizona)
• Vietnamese: Arizona
• Yiddish: אַריזאָנאַ‎ (arizona)

Descendants

• Chinese: 亞利桑那／亚利桑那 (Yàlìsāngnà), 亞里桑那／亚里桑那 (Yàlǐsāngnà)

Anagrams

• Azorian, Nazario

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Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Arizona

1. Arizona (a state of the United States)

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Arizona.

Proper noun

Arizona (genitive Arizonas)

1. Arizona (a state of the United States)

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Arizona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑritso(ː)nɑ/, [ˈɑrit̪ˌs̠o̞(ː)nɑ]

Proper noun

Arizona

1. Arizona (a state of the United States)

Declension

Inflection of Arizona (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		Arizona	—
genitive		Arizonan	—
partitive		Arizonaa	—
illative		Arizonaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Arizona	—
accusative	nom.	Arizona	—
	gen.	Arizonan
genitive		Arizonan	—
partitive		Arizonaa	—
inessive		Arizonassa	—
elative		Arizonasta	—
illative		Arizonaan	—
adessive		Arizonalla	—
ablative		Arizonalta	—
allative		Arizonalle	—
essive		Arizonana	—
translative		Arizonaksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Arizonatta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Arizona (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Arizonani	Arizonamme
2nd person	Arizonasi	Arizonanne
3rd person	Arizonansa

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German

Etymology

From English Arizona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaʁiˈzoːna/, /ˌɛʁiˈzoːna/, /ˌɛɹiˈzɔʊ̯nɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ˌaʁiˈtsoːna/ (fully Germanised; now archaic)

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Proper noun

Arizona n (genitive Arizonas)

1. Arizona (a state of the United States)

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Italian

Etymology

From English Arizona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ridˈd͡zɔ.na/
• Rhymes: -ɔna
• Hyphenation: A‧ri‧zò‧na

Proper noun

Arizona f

1. Arizona (a state of the United States)

Anagrams

• raziona

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.rizˈzoː.na/, [ärɪz̪ˈd̪͡z̪oːnä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.ridˈd͡zo.na/, [ärid̪ˈd̪͡z̪ɔːnä]

Proper noun

Arizōna f sg (genitive Arizōnae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Arizona

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Arizōna
Genitive	Arizōnae
Dative	Arizōnae
Accusative	Arizōnam
Ablative	Arizōnā
Vocative	Arizōna

References

• Henry Beard, Latin for All Occasions, 1990, →ISBN, title page in Latin and English.)

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Polish

Etymology

From English Arizona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.riˈzɔ.na/

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• Hyphenation: A‧ri‧zo‧na
• Rhymes: -ɔna

Proper noun

Arizona f

1. Arizona (a state of the United States)

Declension

Declension of Arizona

	singular
nominative	Arizona
genitive	Arizony
dative	Arizonie
accusative	Arizonę
instrumental	Arizoną
locative	Arizonie
vocative	Arizono

Derived terms

• (nouns) Arizończyk, Arizonka, arizona
• (adjective) arizoński

Further reading

• Arizona in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Arizona in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From English Arizona.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌa.ɾi.ˈzo.nɐ/

Proper noun

Arizona m

1. Arizona (a state of the United States)

Derived terms

• arizonense

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Romanian

Proper noun

Arizona f

1. Arizona (a state of the United States)

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarizona]

Proper noun

Arizona m (genitive Arizony, declension pattern of žena)

1. Arizona (a state of the United States)

References

• Arizona in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aɾiˈθona/, [a.ɾiˈθo.na]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aɾiˈsona/, [a.ɾiˈso.na]

Proper noun

Arizona f

1. Arizona (a state of the United States)

Related terms

• arizono

See also

• Arizona on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es