Today is a what?

Question

Today is what in spanish countrys?

Do anyone know? - 0080b918, Feb 23, 2013

Roblex you are not paying attention to how we ask questions in the forum. Ray and Mcl020 have both indicated to you to use the translator first, and I have indicated that you will need to show your attempt. - bandit51jd, Feb 23, 2013

Answer 1

"Arizona" derives from a combination of two Spanish words, "árido" (dry), and "zona" (place). It means "dry place".

The Spanish pronunciation sounds like "ah-ree-sohn- ah".

Answer 2

From Wikipedia -

The general belief is that the name of the state comes from an earlier Spanish name, Arizonac, derived from the O'odham name al? ?onak, meaning “small spring”, which initially applied only to an area near the Mexican silver mining camp of Planchas de Plata, Sonora. This is supported by the fact that that area is still known as al? ?onak in the O'odham language.Another possible origin is the Basque phrase haritz ona (“the good oak”).

But I'll bet that if you want to refer to the great State of Arizona, you would just say Arizona like Noetel demonstrated.

Learn something new every day. - Noetol, Feb 23, 2013