Arizonan

Grand Canyon resident

An Arizonan is a person from Arizona, the southwestern U.S. state known for desert landscapes, the Grand Canyon, and extreme summer heat.

The term works as both noun and adjective: Arizonan voters, a native Arizonan.

Arizonan and Arizonian are both used, with Arizonan more common.

frontier

Tombstone

Historic Arizona frontier city

territorial · ghost town · stagecoach · outlaw · saloon · prospector · settler · homestead · ranching · cattle

southwestern

Navajo

Southwestern indigenous people

  • HopiPueblo people of Arizona
  • ApacheSouthwestern indigenous nation
  • adobeSun-dried clay bricks

reservation · turquoise · kachina · fry bread · mesa · chimichanga · burrito · salsa · enchilada · tamale

heat

scorching

Extremely hot, burning

sunstroke · dehydration · parched · arid · heatwave · monsoon · dry heat · sunscreen · siesta · mirage

canyon

Grand Canyon

Massive Arizona gorge

rim · erosion · strata · sedimentary · plateau · vista · rafting · hiking · landmark · precipice

desert

saguaro

Columnar desert cactus

sidewinder · rattlesnake · roadrunner · coyote · jackrabbit · mesquite · creosote · cholla · prickly pear · barrel cactus

Categories
Opposites
u.s. state residency/origin

ArizonanAlaskan

Of the 49th state

Mainer · Vermonter · Minnesotan · New Yorker · Floridian

Phrases
Family

Arizona

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G