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Arizona

[ ar-uh-zoh-nuh ]

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.


Arizona

/ ˌæɪˈəʊə /

noun

  1. 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) AbbreviationAriz.with zip codeAZ
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Arizona

  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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Notes

The Grand Canyon is in northwestern Arizona.
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  • in ···Ծ· [ar-, uh, -, zoh, -nee-, uh, n], adjective noun
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Ladd Keith, an associate professor of planning and director of the University of Arizona’s Heat Resilience Initiative, also received the email.

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"It's a fight worth having because a North Carolina problem today is a Michigan and an Arizona and a Georgia problem tomorrow," Riggs said.

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In his Arizona home, a secret fireplace door opens when the James Bond theme is played on a piano nearby; another hidden compartment hides a stockpile of medication and nonperishables.

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One defendant is from Arizona and was already in state custody on an unrelated matter when she was charged.

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August 2023: Playing for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Pham got into a verbal confrontation with a fan while in the on-deck circle in San Diego, saying later that the fan referred to him with a profanity.

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