arizona
アリゾナ
解説 Definition
Arizona はアメリカ合衆国南西部にある州の名前です。州都はフェニックスで、砂漠地帯やグランドキャニオンで知られています。
Arizona is a state in the southwestern United States, known for its deserts, sunny climate, and the Grand Canyon. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix, and the name is normally capitalized in English.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Arizona は固有名詞なので、実際の英文では語頭を大文字にして Arizona と書きます。Phoenix、desert、Grand Canyon、dry and sunny などを一緒に結び付け、live in Arizona や drive across Arizona という場所を表す形で覚えると実用的です。
Remember Arizona as a place name, so write it with an initial capital letter: Arizona. Connect it with a small cluster of familiar facts and phrases: Phoenix is its capital, the Grand Canyon is there, and much of the state has a dry, sunny desert climate. In sentences, notice the prepositions and movement patterns: someone lives in Arizona, travels to Arizona, or drives across Arizona. These geographical associations make the word easier to retrieve than memorizing the spelling alone.
例文
My cousin lives in Arizona.
私のいとこはアリゾナに住んでいます。
We drove across Arizona in summer.
私たちは夏にアリゾナを車で横断しました。
Arizona has many dry and sunny days.
アリゾナには乾燥して晴れた日がたくさんあります。
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arizona の語源・成り立ち Etymology
Arizona は英語の州名ですが、語源はスペイン語形 Arizonac を介したオオダム語 alĭ ṣonak「小さな泉」説が有力です。もともと土地の名が英語に入ったので、水の湧く場所だったと考えると州名の意味が具体的に見えます。関連語は Arizonan。
The English state name Arizona developed from an earlier Spanish place-name form, often recorded as Arizonac. A widely accepted explanation connects it with an O'odham expression meaning “small spring” or “little spring.” The name first referred to a locality and was later applied more broadly to the territory and state. Arizonan, formed with the suffix -an, denotes a person from Arizona or something associated with the state.
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