Tucson
pronunciation
How to pronounce Tucson in British English:
UK ['tu:sɒn]
How to pronounce Tucson in American English:
US [tʊsɑn]
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- Noun:
- a city in southeastern Arizona ringed by mountain ranges; long known as a winter and health resort but the population shift from industrial states to the Sunbelt resulted in rapid growth late in the 20th century
Word Origin
- Tucson
- city in Arizona, U.S.A., from Spanish Tucson, from O'odham (Piman) cukson "black base," from cuk "black" + son "base."
Example
- 1. He is in federal custody in tucson .
- 2. His first call was to his american surrogate mother in tucson .
- 3. Three dozen doctors-in-training recently sat in a conference room in tucson .
- 4. They started the tucson campus in 1998 and added the scottsdale one recently .
- 5. Doctors at the university medical center in tucson said seven other victims were also doing better .