saguaro

English

saguaro

Alternative forms

• sahuaro

Etymology

From Mexican (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish, from a Taracahitic (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  language, probably (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Yaqui, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mayo or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Opata.

Noun

saguaro (plural saguaros)

1. , a large cactus native to the Sonoran Desert and characterized by its "arms".
   • 1858, George Engelmann, Cactaceae of the Boundary, C. giganteus, page 42:

     The Suwarrow or Saguaro of the natives.

   • 1870, William Abraham Bell, New Tracks in North America: A Journal of Travel and Adventure Whilst Engaged in the Survey for a Southern Railroad to the Pacific Ocean During 1867-8:

     The Pitella (pronounced Pitayo) and the Saguaro are the most prized.

Derived terms

• saguaro boot
• saguaro cactus
• saguaro stack

Translations

large cactus

• Chiricahua: please add this translation if you can
• Cocopa: ʔa-ʔá
• German: Saguaro m
• Hopi: please add this translation if you can
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• Mojave: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: hosh aditsahiitsoh
• O'odham: ha꞉ṣañ (hahshani)
• Persian: ساگوارو (sâguâro)
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• Portuguese: saguaro m
• Russian: карне́гия (ru) f (karnɛ́gija), сагуа́ро n (saguáro)
• Spanish: saguaro m
• Ute: pa’a-tʉ mana-vi
• Western Apache: please add this translation if you can
• Yaqui: please add this translation if you can
• Yuma: please add this translation if you can
• Zuni: please add this translation if you can

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Portuguese

Noun

saguaro m (plural saguaros)

1. saguaro (a large species of cactus of the Sonoran Desert)

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Spanish

saguaro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa̠ˈwa̠.ɾo̞]

Etymology

Of Uto-Aztecan origin, probably from Mayo, Opata, or Yaqui.

Noun

saguaro m (plural saguaros)

1. saguaro (a large species of cactus of the Sonoran Desert)

Synonyms

• órgano