Arizona
Translingual
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
Arizona f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – glossy snakes, of Mexico and the southwestern US.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Serpentes - order; Caenophidia - infraorder; Colubroidea - superfamily; Colubridae - family; Colubrinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Arizona elegans (glossy snake) - type species; Arizona pacata (peninsular glossy snake) - other extant species
References
Arizona (snake) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Arizona on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Arizona (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Arizona at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Arizona at the Catalogue of Life
- Arizona at Encyclopedia of Life
- Arizona at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Arizona available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
- Arizona at Paleobiology Database
English


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.[1][2]
Alternatively, perhaps from Basque haritz ona (literally “good oak”), as the area many Basque herders, and a descendant of them established the ranchería of Arizona (circa 1735) in Sonora.[3][4][5]
Suggestions of derivation from arizuma, supposedly a Nahuatl word meaning "silver-bearing", are considered implausible,[4] and derivation from Spanish árida zona (literally “dry zone”) is considered a folk etymology.[6]
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæɹɪˈzoʊnə/, /ˌɛɹɪˈzoʊnə/
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
Audio (US) (file) - (Mary–marry–merry merger)
Audio (US) (file)
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæɹɪˈzəʊnə/
- Rhymes: -əʊnə
Proper noun
Arizona
- A state in the southwestern United States, established 1912. Capital: Phoenix.
- (historical) A territory of the southwest Confederate (1862–1865) and United States of America (1863–1912), with its capitals at Tucson, Prescott, and Phoenix.
- (historical) A department of the northwest Second Mexican Empire (1863–1865), with its capital at Altar.
- (rare) A unisex given name
- Arizona Beverage Company, which sells its products under the name AriZona.
- Several places named for the state or territory.
- Arizona City, A census-designated place in Arizona, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Louisiana, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Nebraska, United States.
- A locality in Manitoba, Canada.
- A municipality of Atlántida, Honduras.
Derived terms
Translations
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References
- Bright, William (2004) Native American Place Names of the United States, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 47
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Arizona”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “The Meaning of Arizona”, in Arizona Almanac, Arizona State Library Archives & Public Records, 2019 March 20 (last accessed), archived from the original on July 16, 2019
- Turner, Jim (2007 March 3 (last accessed)) “How Arizona did NOT Get its Name”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Arizona Historical Society, archived from the original on 13 October 2007
- Garate, Donald (2005) “Arizonac, a twentieth-century myth”, in Journal of Arizona History, volume 46, number 2, pages 161–184
- Thompson, Clay (2007 February 11) “No, 'arid zone' not the basis of state's name”, in The Arizona Republic, archived from the original on 29 December 2014
Arizona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Confederate Arizona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Arizona Territory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Arizona Department on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
State of Arizona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Federal District: Washington, D.C. |
Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
Central Nahuatl
Danish
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑritso(ː)nɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ritˌs̠o̞(ː)nɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -onɑ, -oːnɑ
- Syllabification(key): A‧ri‧zo‧na
Declension
Inflection of Arizona (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | — | ||
abessive | Arizonatta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌaʁiˈzoːna/, /ˌɛʁiˈzoːna/, /ˌɛɹiˈzɔʊ̯nɐ/
- IPA(key): /ˌaʁiˈtsoːna/ (fully Germanised; now archaic)
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Arizona n (proper noun, genitive Arizonas or (optionally with an article) Arizona)
- Arizona (a state of the United States)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒrizonɒ]
- Hyphenation: Ari‧zo‧na
- Rhymes: -nɒ
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Arizona | Arizonák |
accusative | Arizonát | Arizonákat |
dative | Arizonának | Arizonáknak |
instrumental | Arizonával | Arizonákkal |
causal-final | Arizonáért | Arizonákért |
translative | Arizonává | Arizonákká |
terminative | Arizonáig | Arizonákig |
essive-formal | Arizonaként | Arizonákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Arizonában | Arizonákban |
superessive | Arizonán | Arizonákon |
adessive | Arizonánál | Arizonáknál |
illative | Arizonába | Arizonákba |
sublative | Arizonára | Arizonákra |
allative | Arizonához | Arizonákhoz |
elative | Arizonából | Arizonákból |
delative | Arizonáról | Arizonákról |
ablative | Arizonától | Arizonáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Arizonáé | Arizonáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Arizonáéi | Arizonákéi |
Possessive forms of Arizona | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Arizonám | Arizonáim |
2nd person sing. | Arizonád | Arizonáid |
3rd person sing. | Arizonája | Arizonái |
1st person plural | Arizonánk | Arizonáink |
2nd person plural | Arizonátok | Arizonáitok |
3rd person plural | Arizonájuk | Arizonáik |
Derived terms
- arizonai
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ridˈd͡zɔ.na/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɔna
- Hyphenation: A‧ri‧zò‧na
References
- Arizona in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.rizˈzoː.na/, [ärɪz̪ˈd̪͡z̪oːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.ridˈd͡zo.na/, [ärid̪ˈd̪͡z̪ɔːnä]
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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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.)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.riˈzɔ.na/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔna
- Syllabification: A‧ri‧zo‧na
Declension
Further reading
- Arizona in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ɾiˈzõ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ɾiˈzo.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɾiˈzo.nɐ/
- Hyphenation: A‧ri‧zo‧na
Derived terms
Romanian
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈarizɔna]
Proper noun
Arizona f (genitive singular Arizony, declension pattern of žena)
- Arizona (a state of the United States)
References
- “Arizona”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aɾiˈθona/ [a.ɾiˈθo.na]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /aɾiˈsona/ [a.ɾiˈso.na]
- Rhymes: -ona
- Syllabification: A‧ri‧zo‧na
Related terms
- arizono
See also
Arizona on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es