Where does “ອາຣິໂຊນາ” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ອາຣິໂຊນາ”, step by step

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
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