Sonoran

[suh-nawr-uhn]

adjective

1. of or relating to the state of Sonora in Mexico.

2. of or relating to the Sonoran Desert, a desert region that covers parts of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur in Mexico and parts of Arizona and California in the United States.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Sonora.

Example Sentences

Pittman was known to go by “Infinity Jane” or “Jane Jones,” but her family had few clues about where she was — until their search eventually led them to a rugged part of the Sonoran Desert where people prefer to live off the grid.

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The body of Hannah Moody, 31, was found around 12:05 p.m. on May 22 near the Gateway Trailhead of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve in Scottsdale, according to a Scottsdale Police Department news release.

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The Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona is hot and sandy.

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“What we’re seeing is a profound change in this river system,” says Luke Cole, director of the Santa Cruz River Program at the Sonoran Institute.

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Even as the Sonoran Institute works to protect the newly restored Santa Cruz River as an urban wildlife refuge, they’re also just trying to let people in the area know that things have changed.

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