# Sonora
## Translingual
### Proper noun

Sonora f
* A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – ground snakes.

### Further reading

* Sonora (snake) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Sonora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Sonora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

## English
### Etymology

Via Spanish, maybe from Opata xunuta.

### Proper noun

Sonora (countable and uncountable, plural Sonoras)
* A state of Mexico.
* A number of places in the United States:
** A former community in Pinal County, Arizona, now demolished.
** An unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas.
** A city, the county seat of Tuolumne County, California.
** A minor city in Hardin County, Kentucky.
** A ghost town in Atchison County, Missouri.
** An unincorporated community in Muskingum County, Ohio.
** A city, the county seat of Sutton County, Texas.
* A community of St. Mary's district municipality, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
* A surname.

#### Statistics

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

### See also

Divisions of the United Mexican States in English (layout · text) :
* States: Aguascalientes · Baja California · Baja California Sur · Campeche · Chiapas · Chihuahua · Coahuila · Colima · Durango · Guanajuato · Guerrero · Hidalgo · Jalisco · Mexico · Michoacán · Morelos · Nayarit · Nuevo León · Oaxaca · Puebla · Querétaro · Quintana Roo · San Luis Potosí · Sinaloa · Sonora · Tabasco · Tamaulipas · Tlaxcala · Veracruz · Yucatán · Zacatecas
* Autonomous city: Mexico City

### 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
* Sonora (a state of Mexico)

## Latin
### Etymology

New Latin. Maybe from Mexican Spanish Sonora or English Sonora

### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Sonōra f sg (genitive Sonōrae); first declension
* (New Latin) Sonora

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

#### 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: /soˈnoɾa/ [soˈno.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -oɾa
* Syllabification: So‧no‧ra

### Proper noun

Sonora f
* A state of Mexico

#### Related terms

* sonorense

### See also

Divisions of the United Mexican States in Spanish (layout · text) :
* Estados: Aguascalientes · Baja California · Baja California Sur · Campeche · Chiapas · Chihuahua · Coahuila · Colima · Durango · Guanajuato · Guerrero · Hidalgo · Jalisco · México · Michoacán · Morelos · Nayarit · Nuevo León · Oaxaca · Puebla · Querétaro · Quintana Roo · San Luis Potosí · Sinaloa · Sonora · Tabasco · Tamaulipas · Tlaxcala · Veracruz · Yucatán · Zacatecas
* Ciudad autónoma: Ciudad de México

## Turkish
### Proper noun

Sonora
* Sonora (a state of Mexico)