Tucson

American  

[too-son, too-son] / ˈtu sɒn, tuˈsɒn /

noun

1. a city in S Arizona: health resort.

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Tucson British  

/ ˈtuːsɒn /

noun

1. 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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Tucson Cultural  

1. Large city in southeastern Arizona, in a desert surrounded by mountains.

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Tourist center.

Example Sentences

Rio deployed its bioleaching process in the recent restart of a mine east of Tucson and has partnerships to take the technology to several others in the Americas.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fifita signed with Arizona this past week to follow his brother to Tucson.

From Los Angeles Times

Among them is Arizona Sonoran Copper’s Cactus project, located in an industrial corridor between Phoenix and Tucson.

From The Wall Street Journal

A team of scientists from Oxford University, the Southwest Research Institute, and the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona, has uncovered the first evidence of significant heat flow at Enceladus' north pole.

From Science Daily

A group of math teachers in Tucson, Arizona, came under fire for their Halloween costumes this weekend.

From Salon