Tucson
[too-son, too-son]
- a city in S Arizona: health resort.
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Contemporary Examples
At his Tucson hacienda he is a gracious host and a good neighbor.
After my first trip to his place in Tucson we called one another on the telephone.
The former congresswoman has advocated for tighter gun laws after being the victim of a near-fatal shooting in Tucson in 2011.
"As a society, we feed the danger by forcing all of these people into the shadows," Molina told me at her office in Tucson.
This is similar to what Tucson was seeing in 2008 and 2009.
Historical Examples
No more does the rest of us, onless it's Peets, an' he's over to Tucson.
Faro Nell and Her FriendsAlfred Henry Lewis
As stage driver, old Monte for every other night will get sawed off on Tucson.
Faro Nell and Her FriendsAlfred Henry Lewis
The Tucson limited would not be through for over an hour, they learned.
Sometimes a German officer from Tucson is of much help there in the north.
The Treasure TrailMarah Ellis Ryan
Three weeks later St. Johns was able to ride a horse to Tucson.
When the West Was YoungFrederick R. Bechdolt
Tucson
- a city in SE Arizona, at an altitude of 700m (2400 ft): resort and seat of the University of Arizona (1891). Pop: 507 658 (2003 est)
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Word Origin and History for tucson
Tucson
city in Arizona, U.S.A., from Spanish Tucson, from O'odham (Piman) cukson "black base."
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Tucson
[(tooh-son)]
Large city in southeastern Arizona, in a desert surrounded by mountains.
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Note
Tourist center.
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