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”) and zona (“zone”) is folk etymology.

Pronunciation

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

    Audio (US)

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  • (Mary–marry–merry merger)

    Audio (US)

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæɹɪˈzəʊnə/

Proper noun

Arizona

1. (historical) A territory of the southwest Confederate (1862–1865) and United States of America (1863–1912), with its capitals at Tucson, Prescott, and Phoenix.
2. (historical) A department of the northwest Second Mexican Empire (1863–1865), with its capital at Altar.
3. A state of the southwest United States of America, established 1912, with its capital at Phoenix.
4. (rare) A unisex given name

Synonyms

• (state): Ariz., AZ

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Arizonan
• Arizona room

• Arizonian
• arizonite

Translations

a state of the United States of America

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

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

• Czech: Arizona (cs) f
• Danish: Arizona
• Esperanto: Arizono
• Finnish: Arizona (fi)
• French: Arizona (fr)
• Galician: Arizona (gl)
• Georgian: არიზონა (arizona)
• German: Arizona (de)
• Inuktitut: ᐋᕇᓲᓈ (aariisuunaa)

• Japanese: アリゾナ州 (Arizona-shū)
• Limburgish: Arizona
• Macedonian: Аризона f (Arizóna)
• Maltese: Ariżona f
• Navajo: Hoozdo hahoodzo
• 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
• 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)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Arizona

Anagrams

• Azorian, Nazario

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Arizona.

Proper noun

Arizona (genitive Arizonas)

1. Arizona

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.rʲiˈzɔ.na/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Arizona f

1. Arizona

Declension

declension of Arizona

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

Derived terms

• arizoński

Further reading

• 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 (U.S. State)

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Spanish

Proper noun

Arizona f

1. Arizona

Related terms

• arizono

See also

• Arizona on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es