Where does “Zonie” come from?

Zonie (English) comes from English Arizona, from Basque aritz ona, from Basque aritz — Nonstandard spelling of haritz.

Zonie (English): A person from the state of Arizona

Definitions

  1. A person from the state of Arizona

Ancestry of “Zonie”, step by step

Zonie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Arizona

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishArizonaA territory of the southwest Confederate (1862–1865) and United States of America (1863–1912), with its capitals at Tucson, Prescott, and Phoenix
2Basquearitz onagood oak
3BasquearitzNonstandard spelling of haritz

via English ie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishieAlternative form of i.e
Every word from Basque aritz
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