Arizonian
- noun
- /ˌærɪˈzoʊniən/
- Should Obama decide to federalize all immigration laws, the 70% approval by all Arizonians will not be strong enough for their new law to be enforced.
Examples
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The TES control center is at the university, and the instrument's principal investigator, Philip Christensen, saw an opportunity for Arizonians to see a real space mission being conducted by scientists and engineers right in their own backyard.
Academic text (1995) -
It came as no surprise a few years later when another Arizonian, Congressman John B. Conlon, took the fight against MACOS to the floor of the House of Representatives (Dow 1991, 199-215).
Academic text (1992) -
Aren't you excited to be home and play for all your Arizonian fans?
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And, and I'm delighted that that my sexy Arizonian girlfriend is now an independent.
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I mean, until today I thought it was Arizonian, but apparently there is AUSS, Arizonan.
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Is it the Arizonians, the Washingtons, Washingtonians, Washingtonians, the Hoosiers or the Coloradans?
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She also needs to bring to the President's attention that he himself has asked Americans to make sacrifices during these difficult economic times (will he ask "illegal aliens" to do the same... the writer wonders), and then show the sacrifices that Arizonians have been making, and for how long.
Blog text (20) -
As president of Sedona Jazz on the Rocks, the Southwest's oldest and largest jazz fest, he has helped provide jazz educational scholarships to hundreds of young Arizonians.
Blog text (27) -
The Arizonian community came together to celebrate the state's rich cultural heritage.
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As an Arizonian, she enjoys the warm, sunny weather all year round.
Synonyms
A person born in or living in the U.S. state of Arizona
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word Arizonian comes from the place name Arizona plus the ending -ian, which means 'from' or 'belonging to'. So an Arizonian is simply someone 'from Arizona' or who lives there, much like Canadian means someone from Canada.