Sonora

See also: sonora

English

Map of Mexico highlighting Sonora

Etymology

Via Spanish, maybe from Opata xunuta.

Proper noun

Sonora (countable and uncountable, plural Sonoras)

1. A state of Mexico.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A former community in Pinal County, Arizona, now demolished.
   2. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas.
   3. A city, the county seat of Tuolumne County, California.
   4. A minor city in Hardin County, Kentucky.
   5. A ghost town in Atchison County, Missouri.
   6. An unincorporated community in Muskingum County, Ohio.
   7. A city, the county seat of Sutton County, Texas.
3. A community of St. Mary's district municipality, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
4. A surname.

Translations

state of Mexico

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 索诺拉州 (Suǒnuòlāzhou)

• French: la Sonore f, le Sonora m
• Japanese: ソノラ (Sonora)
• Latin: Sonora
• Marathi: सोनोरा n (sonorā)
• Spanish: Sonora (es) f

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sonora is the 36154^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 620 individuals. Sonora is most common among Hispanic/Latino (90.97%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sonora”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Rosano

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Sonora

1. Sonora (a state of Mexico)

Latin

Etymology

New Latin. Maybe from Mexican Spanish Sonora or English Sonora

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /soˈnoː.ra/, [s̠ɔˈnoːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /soˈno.ra/, [soˈnɔːrä]

Proper noun

Sonōra f sg (genitive Sonōrae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Sonora

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:
  • Quadalajara
  • Mexicum: Jucatan, Quaxaca, Tabasco
  • Guatimala: Costarica, Honduras, Nicaragua

Spanish

Etymology

Maybe from Opata xunuta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈnoɾa/ [soˈno.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: So‧no‧ra

Proper noun

Sonora f

1. A state of Mexico

Related terms

• sonorense

 

Turkish

Proper noun

Sonora

1. Sonora (a state of Mexico)