Arizona

Meaning

1. A state in the southwestern United States, established 1912. Capital: Phoenix.
2. A territory of the southwest Confederate (1862–1865) and United States of America (1863–1912), with its capitals at Tucson, Prescott, and Phoenix.
3. A department of the northwest Second Mexican Empire (1863–1865), with its capital at Altar.
4. 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.
7. Several places named for the state or territory.
8. Several places named for the state or territory.
9. Several places named for the state or territory.
10. Several places named for the state or territory.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌæɹɪˈzoʊnə/

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.
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.
Suggestions of derivation from arizuma, supposedly a Nahuatl word meaning "silver-bearing", are considered implausible, and derivation from Spanish árida zona (literally “dry zone”) is considered a folk etymology.

Sentences

San Juan County borders Arizona , Colorado , and New Mexico at the Four Corners .

Meadar farm is located in a census region in Arizona State , U . S . A .