Definition of Sonora

1. Noun. Ground snakes.

Exact synonyms: Genus Sonora
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Colubridae, Family Colubridae
Member holonyms: Ground Snake, Sonora Semiannulata

Definition of Sonora

1. Proper noun. A state of Mexico. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sonora

Song of Sol.
Song of Solomon
Song of Songs
Song of the Three Holy Children
Songhai
Songo fever
Songun
Sonia
Sonjo
Sonne
Sonne bacillus
Sonne dysentery
Sonny
Sonny Liston
Sonoma
Sonora (current term)
Sonora gum
Sonora lac
Sonora semiannulata
Sonoran Desert
Sonoran desert toad
Sonoran lyre snake
Sonoran whipsnake
Sony
Sonya
Soonamookee
Soonee
Soonees
Sooner
Sooner State

Literary usage of Sonora

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guide to Materials for the History of the United States in the Principal by Herbert Eugene Bolton (1913)
"Sonora. The relation between Sonora and the southwestern portion of the United ... Sonora formed the highway of the early sixteenth century explorers in the ..."

2. Mining in the Pacific States of North America by John Shertzer Hittell (1862)
"The richest place in California for nuggets, was the vicinity of Sonora, in Tuolumne county. ... Sonora October 5l 69} ozs. Wood's Creek December 1 1852. ..."

3. A History of California: The Spanish Period by Charles Edward Chapman (1921)
"Even southern Sonora had been affected. Prior to the Pima revolt of 1751 there ... In the rest of Sonora over forty mining settlements had been deserted, ..."

4. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1889)
"THE opening of the century was marked by the extension of settlements toward the northern regions of Sonora, entailing the more rapid absorption and ..."

5. Spanish America: Or A Descriptive, Historical, and Geographical Account of by Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle (1818)
"Sonora is the next province in proceeding southward, but, as in all this part ... The gold and silver mines of Sonora are very numerous, the mines of gold ..."

6. Final Report of Investigations Among the Indians of the Southwestern United by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier (1892)
"THE Sonora River flows in the main from north to south, and divides the northern half ... The average direction of the chains east of the Rio Sonora is from ..."

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