Arizona

Translingual

Arizona elegans (glossy snake)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Arizona f

1. 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 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

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/

  • Audio (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger):

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  • Audio (US, Mary–marry–merry merger):

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæɹɪˈzəʊnə/
• Rhymes: -əʊnə

Proper noun

Arizona

1. A state in the southwestern United States, established 1912. Capital: Phoenix.
2. (historical) A territory of the southwest Confederate (1862–1865) and United States of America (1863–1912), with its capitals at Tucson, Prescott, and Phoenix.
3. (historical) A department of the northwest Second Mexican Empire (1863–1865), with its capital at Altar.
4. (rare) A unisex given name
5. Arizona Beverage Company, which sells its products under the name AriZona.
6. Several places named for the state or territory.
   1. Arizona City, A census-designated place in Arizona, United States.
   2. An unincorporated community in Louisiana, United States.
   3. An unincorporated community in Nebraska, United States.
   4. A locality in Manitoba, Canada.
   5. A municipality of Atlántida, Honduras.

Synonyms

• (state): Ariz., AZ

Derived terms

• Aridzona
• Arizona ash
• Arizona black walnut
• Arizonan
• Arizona room
• Arizona sycamore
• Arizona walnut
• Arizonian
• arizonite

 

Descendants

• Chinese: 亞利桑那／亚利桑那 (Yàlìsāngnà), 亞里桑那 (Yàlǐsāngnà)

Translations

a state of the United States of America

Arabic: أَرِيزُونَا f (ʔarizūnā) Armenian: Արիզոնա (hy) (Arizona) Bulgarian: Аризо́на f (Arizóna) 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 (Yàlǐsāngnà zhōu) Corsican: Arizona f Czech: Arizona (cs) f Danish: Arizona Esperanto: Arizono Finnish: Arizona (fi) French: Arizona (fr) f Galician: Arizona (gl) Georgian: არიზონა (arizona) German: Arizona (de) Greek: Αριζόνα (el) f (Arizóna) Hindi: एरिज़ोना m (erizonā), एरीजोना m (erījonā) Hungarian: Arizona (hu) Icelandic: Arisóna Inuktitut: ᐋᕇᓲᓈ (aariisoonaa) Italian: Arizona (it) f Japanese: アリゾナ (Arizona) Khmer: អារីហ្សូណា (ʼaariizounaa) Korean: 애리조나 (Aerijona) Lao: ອາຣິໂຊນາ (ʼā ri sō nā) Limburgish: Arizona Macedonian: Аризо́на f (Arizóna) Maltese: Ariżona f Marathi: अ‍ॅरिझोना (a‍ĕrijhonā) Navajo: Hoozdo hahoodzo O'odham: Alĭ ṣonak Occitan: Arizòna (oc) f 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 Ukrainian: Аризо́на f (Aryzóna) Uyghur: ئارىزونا (arizona) Uzbek: Arizona Vietnamese: Arizona, A-ri-xô-na Yiddish: אַריזאָנאַ (arizona)

References

1. Bright, William (2004) Native American Place Names of the United States, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 47
2. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Arizona”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
3. “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
4. 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
5. Garate, Donald (2005) “Arizonac, a twentieth-century myth”, in Journal of Arizona History‎, volume 46, number 2, pages 161–184
6. 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

Anagrams

• Azorian, Nazario

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Arizona

1. Arizona (a state of the United States)

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Arizona

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

Borrowed from English Arizona.

Proper noun

Arizona (genitive Arizonas)

1. Arizona (a state of the United States)

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Arizona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑritso(ː)nɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ritˌs̠o̞(ː)nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -onɑ, -oːnɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): A‧ri‧zo‧na

Proper noun

Arizona

1. Arizona (a state of the United States)

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	—
abessive		Arizonatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Arizona (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Arizonani — accusative nom. Arizonani — gen. Arizonani genitive Arizonani — partitive Arizonaani — inessive Arizonassani — elative Arizonastani — illative Arizonaani — adessive Arizonallani — ablative Arizonaltani — allative Arizonalleni — essive Arizonanani — translative Arizonakseni — abessive Arizonattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Arizonasi — accusative nom. Arizonasi — gen. Arizonasi genitive Arizonasi — partitive Arizonaasi — inessive Arizonassasi — elative Arizonastasi — illative Arizonaasi — adessive Arizonallasi — ablative Arizonaltasi — allative Arizonallesi — essive Arizonanasi — translative Arizonaksesi — abessive Arizonattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Arizonamme — accusative nom. Arizonamme — gen. Arizonamme genitive Arizonamme — partitive Arizonaamme — inessive Arizonassamme — elative Arizonastamme — illative Arizonaamme — adessive Arizonallamme — ablative Arizonaltamme — allative Arizonallemme — essive Arizonanamme — translative Arizonaksemme — abessive Arizonattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Arizonanne — accusative nom. Arizonanne — gen. Arizonanne genitive Arizonanne — partitive Arizonaanne — inessive Arizonassanne — elative Arizonastanne — illative Arizonaanne — adessive Arizonallanne — ablative Arizonaltanne — allative Arizonallenne — essive Arizonananne — translative Arizonaksenne — abessive Arizonattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Arizonansa — accusative nom. Arizonansa — gen. Arizonansa genitive Arizonansa — partitive Arizonaansa — inessive Arizonassaan Arizonassansa — elative Arizonastaan Arizonastansa — illative Arizonaansa — adessive Arizonallaan Arizonallansa — ablative Arizonaltaan Arizonaltansa — allative Arizonalleen Arizonallensa — essive Arizonanaan Arizonanansa — translative Arizonakseen Arizonaksensa — abessive Arizonattaan Arizonattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

compounds

• arizonanpäästäinen
• arizonansiippa
• arizonantaskurotta

 

German

Etymology

From English Arizona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaʁiˈzoːna/, /ˌɛʁiˈzoːna/, /ˌɛɹiˈzɔʊ̯nɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ˌaʁiˈtsoːna/ (fully Germanised; now archaic)

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Arizona n (proper noun, genitive Arizonas or (optionally with an article) Arizona)

1. Arizona (a state of the United States)

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Arizona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒrizonɒ]
• Hyphenation: Ari‧zo‧na
• Rhymes: -nɒ

Proper noun

Arizona

1. Arizona (a state of the United States)

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

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Arizona

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

Borrowed from English Arizona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ridˈd͡zɔ.na/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔna
• Hyphenation: A‧ri‧zò‧na

Proper noun

Arizona f

1. Arizona (a state of the United States)

References

1. Arizona in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

• raziona

Latin

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

Arizona

Wikipedia ^la

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.rizˈzoː.na/, [ärɪz̪ˈd̪͡z̪oːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.ridˈd͡zo.na/, [ärid̪ˈd̪͡z̪ɔːnä]

Proper noun

Arizōna f sg (genitive Arizōnae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Arizona

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
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

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Arizona

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from English Arizona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.riˈzɔ.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔna
• Syllabification: A‧ri‧zo‧na

Proper noun

Arizona f

1. Arizona (a state of the United States)

Declension

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

Declension of Arizona

Derived terms

adjective

• arizoński

 

nouns

• arizona
• Arizonka
• Arizończyk

 

Further reading

• Arizona in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Arizona.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾiˈzõ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾiˈzõ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾiˈzo.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɾiˈzo.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: A‧ri‧zo‧na

Proper noun

Arizona m

1. Arizona (a state of the United States)

Derived terms

• arizonense

Romanian

Proper noun

Arizona f

1. Arizona (a state of the United States)

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

Arizona

Wikipedia ^sk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarizɔna]

Proper noun

Arizona f (genitive singular Arizony, declension pattern of žena)

1. 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, 2003–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aɾiˈθona/ [a.ɾiˈθo.na]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aɾiˈsona/ [a.ɾiˈso.na]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: A‧ri‧zo‧na

Proper noun

Arizona f

1. Arizona (a state of the United States)

Related terms

• arizono

 

See also

• Arizona on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es