Sonora

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English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Sonora

Map of Mexico highlighting Sonora

Etymology

Via Spanish, maybe from Opata xunuta.

Proper noun

Sonora (countable and uncountable, plural Sonoras)

A state of Mexico.
A number of places in the United States:
1. A former community in Pinal County, Arizona, now demolished.
2. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas.
3. A city, the county seat of Tuolumne County, California.
4. A minor city in Hardin County, Kentucky.
5. A ghost town in Atchison County, Missouri.
6. An unincorporated community in Muskingum County, Ohio.
7. A city, the county seat of Sutton County, Texas.
A community of St. Mary's district municipality, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
A surname.

Translations

state of Mexico

Chinese:
Mandarin: 索诺拉州 (Suǒnuòlāzhou)
French: la Sonore f, le Sonora m
Japanese: ソノラ (Sonora)
Latin: Sonora
Marathi: सोनोरा n (sonorā)
Spanish: Sonora (es) f

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Sonora is the 36154^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 620 individuals. Sonora is most common among Hispanic/Latino (90.97%) individuals.

See also

Divisions of the United Mexican States in English (layout · text)
States: Aguascalientes · Baja California · Baja California Sur · Campeche · Chiapas · Chihuahua · Coahuila · Colima · Durango · Guanajuato · Guerrero · Hidalgo · Jalisco · Mexico · Michoacán · Morelos · Nayarit · Nuevo León · Oaxaca · Puebla · Querétaro · Quintana Roo · San Luis Potosí · Sinaloa · Sonora · Tabasco · Tamaulipas · Tlaxcala · Veracruz · Yucatán · Zacatecas
Autonomous city: Mexico City

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sonora”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

Rosano

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Sonora

Sonora (a state of Mexico)

Latin

Etymology

New Latin. Maybe from Mexican Spanish Sonora or English Sonora

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /soˈnoː.ra/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /soˈno.ra/,

Proper noun

Sonōra f sg (genitive Sonōrae); first declension

(New Latin) Sonora

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Sonōra
genitive	Sonōrae
dative	Sonōrae
accusative	Sonōram
ablative	Sonōrā
vocative	Sonōra

Related terms

See also

Novum Mexicum, Mexicum Novum
Regnum Mexicanum
Nova Hispania
pronvinces and some sub-provinces of the Kingdom of Mexico:
- Quadalajara
- Mexicum: Jucatan, Quaxaca, Tabasco
- Guatimala: Costarica, Honduras, Nicaragua

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Sonora

Etymology

Maybe from Opata xunuta

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /soˈnoɾa/
Rhymes: -oɾa
Syllabification: So‧no‧ra

Proper noun

Sonora f

A state of Mexico

Related terms

sonorense

See also

Divisions of the United Mexican States in Spanish (layout · text)
Estados: Aguascalientes · Baja California · Baja California Sur · Campeche · Chiapas · Chihuahua · Coahuila · Colima · Durango · Guanajuato · Guerrero · Hidalgo · Jalisco · México · Michoacán · Morelos · Nayarit · Nuevo León · Oaxaca · Puebla · Querétaro · Quintana Roo · San Luis Potosí · Sinaloa · Sonora · Tabasco · Tamaulipas · Tlaxcala · Veracruz · Yucatán · Zacatecas
Ciudad autónoma: Ciudad de México

Turkish

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:

Sonora

Proper noun

Sonora

Sonora (a state of Mexico)

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