Arizona
pronunciation
How to pronounce Arizona in British English:
UK [ˌæriˈzəunə]
How to pronounce Arizona in American English:
US [ˌærɪˈzonə]
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- Noun:
- a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon
- glossy snake
Word Origin
- Arizona
- 1861, originally as the name of a breakaway Confederate region of southern New Mexico; organized roughly along modern lines as a U.S. territory in 1863. From Spanish Arizonac, probably from a local name among the O'odham (Piman) people meaning "having a little spring." Alternative theory is that it derives from Basque arizonak "good oaks."
Example
- 1. Why did the arizona bill generate more notoriety ?
- 2. Mayo has hospitals in florida and arizona .
- 3. In arizona most illegal immigrants are mexican .
- 4. Such grumbles are common in arizona .
- 5. He collected and tested water samples across arizona .