Where does “Arizona” come from?

Arizona comes from Basque aritz ona, which derives from Basque aritz, a word for oak tree whose original application to the region remains uncertain.

Arizona (English): A territory of the southwest Confederate (1862–1865) and United States of America (1863–1912), with its capitals at Tucson, Prescott, and Phoenix

Definitions

  1. A territory of the southwest Confederate (1862–1865) and United States of America (1863–1912), with its capitals at Tucson, Prescott, and Phoenix

Ancestry of “Arizona”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basquearitz onagood oak
2BasquearitzNonstandard spelling of haritz

Words derived from “Arizona”

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