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ARIZONA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Glossy snake
Synonyms:
Arizona; genus Arizona
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Arizona" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "Arizona"):
Arizona elegans; glossy snake (nocturnal burrowing snake of western United States with shiny tan scales)
Holonyms ("Arizona" is a member of...):
Colubridae; family Colubridae (nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon
Synonyms:
Arizona; AZ; Grand Canyon State
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "Arizona"):
Grand Canyon (the enormous gorge of the Colorado River in northern Arizona)
Gila; Gila River (a river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River)
Colorado Plateau (a large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern corner)
Colorado; Colorado River (an important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United States)
Cataract Canyon (a tributary of the Grand Canyon)
Sonoran Desert (a desert in southwestern Arizona)
Painted Desert (a desert on a high plateau in northeastern Arizona)
Mohave; Mohave Desert; Mojave; Mojave Desert (a desert area in southern California and western Arizona)
Gila Desert (a desert area in southern Arizona)
Chihuahuan Desert (a desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico)
Yuma (a town in southwestern Arizona on the Colorado River and the California border)
Tucson (a city in southeastern Arizona ringed by mountain ranges; long known as a winter and health resort but the population shift from industrial states to the Sunbelt resulted in rapid growth late in the 20th century)
Sun City (a residential suburb of Phoenix)
Prescott (a town in central Arizona)
capital of Arizona; Phoenix (the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation)
Nogales (a town in Arizona on the Mexican border opposite Nogales, Mexico)
Mesa (a city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix)
Flagstaff (a town in north central Arizona; site of an important observatory)
Petrified Forest National Park (a national park in Arizona having the world's largest collection of petrified coniferous trees)
Grand Canyon National Park (a national park in Arizona including the mile deep canyon of the Colorado River which shows geologic features and fossil plants and animals)
Lake Powell (the second largest reservoir in the United States; located in southern Utah and north central Arizona and formed by the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River)
Lake Mead (the largest reservoir in the United States; located in southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona and formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River; the center of a recreational area)
Glen Canyon Dam (a large dam built in 1964 on the Colorado River in Arizona)
Holonyms ("Arizona" is a part of...):
Southwest; southwestern United States (the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado)
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Context examples:
The asteroid, known as 2014 JO25, was discovered in May 2014 by astronomers at the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona.
(Asteroid to Fly Safely Past Earth on April 19, NASA)
“It really is impressive how eps Eri, a much younger version of our solar system, is put together like ours,” said Kate Su of the University of Arizona who led the study.
(New Observation of Nearby Star System Confirms Similarity to Ours, VOA)
As antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains emerge and pose increasing health risks, says Lynda Williams, a biogeochemist at Arizona State University (ASU), new antibacterial agents are urgently needed.
(New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals?, NSF)
Among Bennu's many surprises, the particle ejections sparked our curiosity, and we've spent the last several months investigating this mystery, said Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
(NASA's OSIRIS-REx Explains Bennu Mystery Particles, NASA)
Arizona State University (ASU) and Mayo Clinic researchers have found that one type of clay, Oregon blue clay, may help fight disease-causing bacteria in wounds, including treatment-resistant bacteria.
(Clay fights MRSA, other 'superbugs' in wounds, National Science Foundation)
University of Arizona scientists trekked across the Americas: from moist, tropical jungles of Panama to the frigid boreal forests of Colorado to the wet temperate forests of the Pacific Northwest.
(From tropical to boreal ecosystems, temperature drives functioning, National Science Foundation)
A census division of the United States consisting of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
(Mountain States Census Division, NCI Thesaurus)
Researchers at the University of Arizona (UA) and other institutions have discovered a new twist on the idea that evolution is driven by species interactions in a community.
(Colorful bird feathers offer evolutionary clues, National Science Foundation)
Nicholas Strausfeld of the University of Arizona teamed up with other researchers to better understand how the reniform bodies connect to other parts of the mantis shrimp brain.
(How mantis shrimp make sense of the world, National Science Foundation)
The Arizona Cancer Center runs a scientific program in cancer prevention and control with special emphasis on colon, breast, prostate, and skin cancer.
(Arizona Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)
