Arizona
English
Map of the US with Arizona in red
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
- Several places named for the state or territory.
- 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
a state of the United States of America
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See also
| States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Federal District: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
References
- Bright, William (2004) Native American Place Names of the United States, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 47
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Arizona”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “The Meaning of Arizona”, in Arizona Almanac, Arizona State Library Archives & Public Records, accessed March 20, 2019
- Turner, Jim (accessed March 3, 2007), “How Arizona did NOT Get its Name”, in (please provide the title of the work), Arizona Historical Society
- Garate, Donald (2005), “Arizonac, a twentieth-century myth”, in Journal of Arizona History, volume 46, issue 2, pages 161–184
- Thompson, Clay (February 11, 2007), “No, 'arid zone' not the basis of state's name”, in The Arizona Republic, retrieved December 29, 2014
Central Nahuatl
Danish
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑritso(ː)nɑ/, [ˈɑrit̪ˌs̠o̞(ː)nɑ]
- Rhymes: -onɑ, -oːnɑ
- Syllabification(key): A‧ri‧zo‧na
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 | |
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) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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)
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.rizˈzoː.na/, [ärɪz̪ˈd̪͡z̪oːnä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.ridˈd͡zo.na/, [ärid̪ˈd̪͡z̪ɔːnä]
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Arizōna |
| Genitive | Arizōnae |
| Dative | Arizōnae |
| Accusative | Arizōnam |
| Ablative | Arizōnā |
| Vocative | Arizōna |
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.riˈzɔ.na/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔna
- Syllabification: A‧ri‧zo‧na
Declension
Portuguese
Romanian
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈarizona]
Proper noun
Arizona m (genitive singular Arizony, declension pattern of žena)
- Arizona (a state of the United States)
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
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