Arizona

Arizona
noun
1. a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑Grand Canyon State, ↑AZ
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state
• Part Holonyms:
• Part Meronyms:
2. glossy snake
• Syn: ↑genus Arizona
• Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Colubridae, ↑family Colubridae
• Member Meronyms: ↑glossy snake, ↑Arizona elegans

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Arizona [Arizona]
a state in the south-western US, also known as the Grand Canyon State. Its capital and largest city is ↑Phoenix. Arizona’s natural features include the ↑Grand Canyon, the ↑Painted Desert and the ↑Petrified Forest. It was the home of the ↑Apaches in the 19th century, and today Native Americans have 20 reservations (= areas of land given and protected by the US government) in the state. Its most important industry is manufacturing, especially of electrical and communication equipment. It also produces more than half of the country’s ↑copper.

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