Arizona

American  

[ar-uh-zoh-nuh] / ˌær əˈzoʊ nə /

noun

1. a state in the southwestern United States. 113,909 sq. mi. (295,025 sq. km). Phoenix. AZ (for use with zip code), Ariz.

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Arizona British  

/ ˌærɪˈzəʊnə /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Ariz..   AZ.  a state of the southwestern US: consists of the Colorado plateau in the northeast, including the Grand Canyon, divided from desert in the southwest by mountains rising over 3750 m (12 500 ft). Capital: Phoenix. Pop: 5 580 811 (2003 est). Area: 293 750 sq km (113 417 sq miles)

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Arizona Cultural  

1. State in the southwestern United States bordered by Utah to the north, New Mexico to the east, Mexico to the south, and California and Nevada to the west. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix.

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The Grand Canyon is in northwestern Arizona.

Other Word Forms

• Arizonan
  adjective
• Arizonian
  adjective

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Arizona

That’s the prospect confronting Arizona, California and Nevada as they consider the latest plan for dividing up the dwindling Colorado River.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Arizona, California and Nevada are downstream of the dams; Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico draw their water before it reaches them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

In-N-Out revealed it would open the Twin Falls location — the sole one in the city — earlier this year, along with five other locations across California, Arizona, Utah and Tennessee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

Guthrie, the mother of US news presenter Savannah Guthrie, was 84 when she went missing from her Arizona home in January.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

I tease her about coming with me to Arizona, but Dad has never seriously asked her.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila