Sonora

See also: sonora

English

Map of Mexico highlighting Sonora

Etymology

Maybe from Opata xunuta.

Proper noun

Sonora (countable and uncountable, plural Sonoras)

1. A state of Mexico.
2. A city, the county seat of Tuolumne County, California, United States.
3. A city, the county seat of Sutton County, Texas, United States.
4. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sonora is the 36154^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 620 individuals. Sonora is most common among Hispanic/Latino (90.97%) individuals.

Translations

state of Mexico

• French: la Sonore f, le Sonora m
• Japanese: ソノラ (Sonora)

• Latin: Sonora
• Marathi: सोनोरा n (sonorā)
• Spanish: Sonora (es) f

See also

• Sonora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sonora”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Rosano

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Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Sonora

1. Sonora (a state of Mexico)

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Latin

Etymology

New Latin. Maybe from Spanish Sonora or English Sonora

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /soˈnoː.ra/, [s̠ɔˈnoːrä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /soˈno.ra/, [soˈnɔːrä]

Proper noun

Sonōra f sg (genitive Sonōrae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Sonora

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sonōra
Genitive	Sonōrae
Dative	Sonōrae
Accusative	Sonōram
Ablative	Sonōrā
Vocative	Sonōra

Related terms

• sonōrānus
• sonōricus

See also

• Novum Mexicum, Mexicum Novum
• Regnum Mexicanum
• Nova Hispania
• pronvinces and some sub-provinces of the Kingdom of Mexico:
  • Quadalajara
  • Mexicum: Jucatan, Quaxaca, Tabasco
  • Guatimala: Costarica, Honduras, Nicaragua

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Spanish

Etymology

Maybe from Opata xunuta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈnoɾa/, [soˈno.ɾa]

Proper noun

Sonora f

1. A state of Mexico

Related terms

• sonorense

See also

• Sonora on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es