Sonora
See also: sonora
Translingual
Proper noun
Sonora f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – ground snakes.
Further reading
- Sonora (snake) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Sonora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Sonora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Etymology
Via Spanish, maybe from Opata xunuta.
Proper noun
Sonora (countable and uncountable, plural Sonoras)
- A state of Mexico.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A former community in Pinal County, Arizona, now demolished.
- An unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas.
- A city, the county seat of Tuolumne County, California.
- A minor city in Hardin County, Kentucky.
- A ghost town in Atchison County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Muskingum County, Ohio.
- A city, the county seat of Sutton County, Texas.
- A community in St. Mary's district municipality, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A surname.
Translations
state of Mexico
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Sonora is the 36154th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 620 individuals. Sonora is most common among Hispanic/Latino (90.97%) individuals.
See also
| States: Aguascalientes · Baja California · Baja California Sur · Campeche · Chiapas · Chihuahua · Coahuila · Colima · Durango · Guanajuato · Guerrero · Hidalgo · Jalisco · Mexico · Michoacán · Morelos · Nayarit · Nuevo León · Oaxaca · Puebla · Querétaro · Quintana Roo · San Luis Potosí · Sinaloa · Sonora · Tabasco · Tamaulipas · Tlaxcala · Veracruz · Yucatán · Zacatecas |
| Autonomous city: Mexico City |
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sonora”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Sonora
Latin
Etymology
New Latin. Maybe from Mexican Spanish Sonora or English Sonora
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɔˈnoː.ra]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [soˈnɔː.ra]
Proper noun
Sonōra f sg (genitive Sonōrae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Sonōra |
| genitive | Sonōrae |
| dative | Sonōrae |
| accusative | Sonōram |
| ablative | Sonōrā |
| vocative | Sonōra |
Related terms
- sonōrānus
- sonōricus
See also
- Novum Mexicum, Mexicum Novum
- Regnum Mexicanum
- Nova Hispania
- pronvinces and some sub-provinces of the Kingdom of Mexico:
Spanish
Etymology
Maybe from Opata xunuta
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soˈnoɾa/ [soˈno.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -oɾa
- Syllabification: So‧no‧ra
Proper noun
Sonora f
Related terms
See also
| Estados: Aguascalientes · Baja California · Baja California Sur · Campeche · Chiapas · Chihuahua · Coahuila · Colima · Durango · Guanajuato · Guerrero · Hidalgo · Jalisco · México · Michoacán · Morelos · Nayarit · Nuevo León · Oaxaca · Puebla · Querétaro · Quintana Roo · San Luis Potosí · Sinaloa · Sonora · Tabasco · Tamaulipas · Tlaxcala · Veracruz · Yucatán · Zacatecas |
| Ciudad autónoma: Ciudad de México |
Turkish
Proper noun
Sonora