Arizona

Uncertain. Two very different origins have been proposed:

• From Basque aritz ona (“good oak”), from aritz (“oak”) + ona (“good”).
• From O'odham alĭ ṣonak (“small spring”), from alĭ (“small”) ṣonak (“spring”).

The claim that it comes from Spanish árida (“dry”) and zona (“zone”) is folk etymology.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæɹɪˈzoʊnə/, /ˌɛɹɪˈzoʊnə/
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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæɹɪˈzəʊnə/

Arizona

1. (historical) A territory of the southwest Confederate (1862–1865) and United States of America (1863–1912), with its capitals at Tucson, Prescott, and Phoenix.
2. (historical) A department of the northwest Second Mexican Empire (1863–1865), with its capital at Altar.
3. A state of the southwest United States of America, established 1912, with its capital at Phoenix.
4. (rare) A unisex given name

• (state): Ariz., AZ

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

• Appendix:Place names in Arizona

• Azorian, Nazario

Borrowed from English Arizona.

Arizona (genitive Arizonas)

1. Arizona

From English Arizona.

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

Arizona n (genitive Arizonas)

1. Arizona

• IPA^(key): /a.rʲiˈzɔ.na/

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Arizona f

1. Arizona

• arizoński

• Arizona in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From English Arizona.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌa.ɾi.ˈzo.nɐ/

Arizona m

1. Arizona (a state of the United States)

• arizonense

Arizona f

1. Arizona (U.S. State)

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /aɾiˈθona/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /aɾiˈsona/

Arizona f

1. Arizona

• arizono

• Arizona on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es