
Borrowed fromEnglishArizona, of uncertain further etymology.
Arizona f


Uncertain. Possibly fromO'odhamalĭṣonak(literally“small spring”) (traditionally through theSpanish intermediary formArizonac; compare modernArizona), a name initially applied to an area around a silver-mining camp inSonora.[1][2]
Alternatively, perhaps fromBasqueharitzona(literally“good oak”), as the area had many Basque herders, and a descendant of them established theranchería of Arizona (circa 1735) in Sonora.[3][4][5]
Suggestions of derivation from*arizuma, supposedly aNahuatl word meaning“silver-bearing”, are considered implausible,[4] and derivation fromáridazona(literally“dry zone”) is considered afolk etymology.[6]
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| 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. | ||
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Arizona n (proper noun,genitiveArizonasor(optionally with an article)Arizona)
Arizona
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Arizona | Arizonák |
| accusative | Arizonát | Arizonákat |
| dative | Arizonának | Arizonáknak |
| instrumental | Arizonával | Arizonákkal |
| causal-final | Arizonáért | Arizonákért |
| translative | Arizonává | Arizonákká |
| terminative | Arizonáig | Arizonákig |
| essive-formal | Arizonaként | Arizonákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Arizonában | Arizonákban |
| superessive | Arizonán | Arizonákon |
| adessive | Arizonánál | Arizonáknál |
| illative | Arizonába | Arizonákba |
| sublative | Arizonára | Arizonákra |
| allative | Arizonához | Arizonákhoz |
| elative | Arizonából | Arizonákból |
| delative | Arizonáról | Arizonákról |
| ablative | Arizonától | Arizonáktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular | Arizonáé | Arizonáké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural | Arizonáéi | Arizonákéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Arizonám | Arizonáim |
| 2nd person sing. | Arizonád | Arizonáid |
| 3rd person sing. | Arizonája | Arizonái |
| 1st person plural | Arizonánk | Arizonáink |
| 2nd person plural | Arizonátok | Arizonáitok |
| 3rd person plural | Arizonájuk | Arizonáik |
Arizona f
Arizōna f sg (genitiveArizōnae);first declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Arizōna |
| genitive | Arizōnae |
| dative | Arizōnae |
| accusative | Arizōnam |
| ablative | Arizōnā |
| vocative | Arizōna |
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Arizona f
Arizona f (genitivesingularArizony,declension pattern ofžena)
Arizona f