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

"The imager performed brilliantly, delivering some rarely seen views of the Red Planet," said Jim Bell, the Psyche imager instrument lead at Arizona State University in Tempe.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

A 2025 Brookings Institution analysis of six of them found that the problematic enrollment patterns prevalent in North Carolina and Arizona hold true for state programs in general.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

The FBI and Pima County have spent months investigating her mysterious abduction from her Arizona home.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Other states suing to block the deal include New York, Colorado and Arizona.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Is that something that came from their father’s genes, or is it because they lived in Arizona and we lived in Ohio?

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix