The story
- Latin · derived fromsonoros
- Spanish · borrowed fromsonora“sonorous”
- English todaySonoran Desert
From the Spanish sonora (“sonorous”), from Latin sonoros. Compare sonorous.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sonoran Desert
Today it means: A desert which covers large parts of the southwestern United States in Arizona and California, and of Northwestern Mexico. Full definition →
Spanish sonora ← Latin sonoros