Arizona

Translingual

Arizona elegans (glossy snake)

Etymology

Borrowed from English Arizona, of uncertain further etymology.

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; Caenophidia – clade; 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”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026

English

Flag of Arizona

Etymology

Etymology tree

O'odham alĭ

O'odham ṣonak

O'odham alĭ ṣonakder.?

Proto-Basque *(h)aritz

Basque haritz

Proto-Basque *bon

Basque on

Basque ona

Basque haritz onader.?

English Arizona

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 had 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 árida zona (literally “dry zone”) is considered a folk etymology.

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

2. A state in the southwestern United States, established 1912. Capital: Phoenix.
   • 2020 January 16, Scottie Andrew, “An orphaned teen is being forced out of his grandparents’ senior community because he’s too young”, in CNN‎^[7], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 17 January 2020:

     A 15-year-old orphan is being forced from the Arizona senior community where he lives with his grandparents after the homeowner’s association said it could face legal issues if he stayed.

4. Ellipsis of University of Arizona.

   Synonym: UA

   Coordinate terms: Arizona State, ASU (not to be confused)

   • 2025 February 24, Ben Morse, “Arizona apologizes to BYU for ‘unacceptable chant’ from fans after college basketball defeat”, in CNN‎^[8], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 17 February 2026:

     Videos on social media appear to show Arizona fans chanting “F**k the Mormons” after the 96-95 loss.

5. (historical) A territory of the southwest Confederate (1862–1865) and United States of America (1863–1912), with its capitals at Tucson, Prescott, and Phoenix.
6. (historical) A department of the northwest Second Mexican Empire (1863–1865), with its capital at Altar.
7. (rare) A unisex given name.
8. Arizona Beverage Company, which sells its products under the name AriZona.
9. Several places named for the state or territory.
   1. Arizona City, a census-designated place in Pinal County, Arizona, United States.
   2. An unincorporated community in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States.
   3. An unincorporated community in Burt County, Nebraska, United States.
   4. A locality in Manitoba, Canada.
   5. A municipality of Atlántida department, Honduras.
   6. A barangay of Midsayap, Cotabato, Philippines.
10. A surname.

Synonyms

• (state): Ariz., AZ

Derived terms

• Aridzona
• Arizola
• Arizona ash
• Arizona black walnut
• Arizona cypress
• Arizona-like
• Arizonan
• Arizona room
• Arizona sycamore
• Arizona Territory
• Arizona walnut
• Arizonian
• arizonite
• Cal-Nev-Ari
• Calzona
• Confederate Arizona
• Territory of Arizona
• Zonie

Descendants

• Chinese: 亞利桑那／亚利桑那 (Yàlìsāngnà), 亞里桑那 (Yàlǐsāngnà)
• → Kurtöp: ཨ་རི་ཟོ་ན ('Arizona)

Translations

a state of the United States of America

• Arabic: أَرِيزُونَا f (ʔarizūnā)
• Armenian: Արիզոնա (hy) (Arizona)
• Bengali: অ্যারিজোনা (bn) f (êrijōna)
• 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)
• Hawaiian: ʻAlikona
• 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
• Occitan: Arizòna (oc) f
• O'odham: Alĭ ṣonak
• Pohnpeian: Arisohna
• Polish: Arizona (pl) f
• Portuguese: Arizona (pt) m
• Russian: Аризо́на (ru) f (Arizóna)
• Spanish: Arizona (es) f
• Tajik: Аризона (Arizona)
• Thai: แอริโซนา (ɛɛ-rí-soo-nâa)
• Turkish: Arizona (tr)
• Ukrainian: Аризо́на f (Aryzóna)
• Uyghur: ئارىزونا (arizona)
• Uzbek: Arizona
• Vietnamese: Arizona, A-ri-xô-na
• Yiddish: אַריזאָנאַ (arizona)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Arizona is the 131379^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 129 individuals. Arizona is most common among American Indian/Alaska Native (39.53%), Hispanic (34.88%), and White (19.38%) individuals.

References

• 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

Further reading

• Arizona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Azorian, Nazario

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Arizona

1. Arizona (a state in the southwestern United States, established 1912)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Arizona.

Proper noun

Arizona (genitive Arizonas)

1. Arizona (a state in the southwestern United States, established 1912)

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Arizona.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Arizona

1. Arizona (a state in the southwestern United States, established 1912)

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

Arizona

Etymology

From English Arizona.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

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

1. Arizona (a state in the southwestern United States, established 1912)

Hungarian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Arizona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒrizoːnɒ]
• Rhymes: -nɒ
• Hyphenation: Ari‧zo‧na
• Syllabification: A‧ri‧zo‧na

Proper noun

Arizona

1. Arizona (a state in the southwestern United States, established 1912)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Arizona	—
accusative	Arizonát	—
dative	Arizonának	—
instrumental	Arizonával	—
causal-final	Arizonáért	—
translative	Arizonává	—
terminative	Arizonáig	—
essive-formal	Arizonaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Arizonában	—
superessive	Arizonán	—
adessive	Arizonánál	—
illative	Arizonába	—
sublative	Arizonára	—
allative	Arizonához	—
elative	Arizonából	—
delative	Arizonáról	—
ablative	Arizonától	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Arizonáé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Arizonáéi	—

Possessive forms of Arizona

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Arizonám	—
2nd person sing.	Arizonád	—
3rd person sing.	Arizonája	—
1st person plural	Arizonánk	—
2nd person plural	Arizonátok	—
3rd person plural	Arizonájuk	—

Derived terms

• arizonai

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Arizona.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Arizona f

1. Arizona (a state in the southwestern United States, established 1912)

Anagrams

• raziona

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.rɪzˈzoː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.ridˈd͡zɔː.na]

Proper noun

Arizōna f sg (genitive Arizōnae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Arizona (a state in the southwestern United States, established 1912)

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

Etymology

Etymology tree

O'odham alĭ

O'odham ṣonak

O'odham alĭ ṣonakder.?

Proto-Basque *(h)aritz

Basque haritz

Proto-Basque *bon

Basque on

Basque ona

Basque haritz onader.?

English Arizonabor.

Polish Arizona

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 in the southwestern United States, established 1912)

   pieczęć Arizony ― seal of Arizona

   Stanowym ssakiem Arizony wybrano kojota. ― The coyote has been chosen as Arizona's state mammal.

   Mieszkaliśmy w Arizonie przez dwadzieścia lat. ― We lived in Arizona for twenty years.

Declension

Declension of Arizona

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

Derived terms

adjective

• arizoński

nouns

• arizona
• Arizonka
• Arizończyk

Further reading

• “Arizona”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[9] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

O'odham alĭ

O'odham ṣonak

O'odham alĭ ṣonakder.?

Proto-Basque *(h)aritz

Basque haritz

Proto-Basque *bon

Basque on

Basque ona

Basque haritz onader.?

English Arizonabor.

Portuguese Arizona

Borrowed from English Arizona.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾiˈzõ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɾiˈzo.nɐ/

• Rhymes: -onɐ
• Hyphenation: A‧ri‧zo‧na

Proper noun

Arizona m

1. Arizona (a state in the southwestern United States, established 1912)

Derived terms

• arizonense

See also

states of the United States: estados dos Estados Unidosedit

• Alabama
• Alasca
• Arizona
• Arkansas ~ Arcansas
• Califórnia
• Carolina do Norte
• Carolina do Sul
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Dacota do Norte
• Dacota do Sul
• Delaware
• Flórida
• Geórgia
• Havaí (Brazil) ~ Havai (Portugal)
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas ~ Cansas
• Kentucky
• Luisiana
• Maine
• Maryland ~ Marilândia
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi ~ Mississípi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebrasca
• Nevada
• Nova Hampshire
• Nova Iorque
• Nova Jérsei (Brazil) ~ Nova Jérsia (Portugal)
• Novo México
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pensilvânia
• Rhode Island
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virgínia
• Virgínia Ocidental
• Washington
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

Romanian

Proper noun

Arizona f

1. Arizona (a state in the southwestern United States, established 1912)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arizɔna/, [ˈarizɔna]
• Rhymes: -ɔna
• Hyphenation: A‧ri‧zo‧na

Proper noun

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

1. Arizona (a state in the southwestern United States, established 1912)

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, 2003–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Basque *(h)aritz

Basque haritz

Proto-Basque *bon

Basque on

Basque ona

Basque haritz onader.?

O'odham alĭ

O'odham ṣonak

O'odham alĭ ṣonakder.?

Spanish Arizona

Of uncertain origin; there are two main proposals:

• Most likely borrowed from Basque haritz ona (“the good oak tree”). Originally referring to an 18th-century ranch in northern Sonora established by Bernardo de Urrea, a prominent interim governor of Basque descent; the name was given in reference to the oak trees abundant in the area.
• Alternatively, traditionally derived from O'odham alĭ ṣonak (“little spring”). However, this explanation is heavily disputed because its purported intermediate form, *Arizonac, is unattested in 18th-century Spanish colonial documents.

Pronunciation 1

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

Proper noun

Arizona f

1. Arizona (a state in the southwestern United States, established 1912)

Related terms

• arizono

Pronunciation 2

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

Proper noun

Arizona f

1. Arizona (a state in the southwestern United States, established 1912)

Related terms

• arizono

See also

• Arizona on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es