Tucson
/ˈtuːsɒn/US/ˈtusɑn/
Tucson proper noun: a city, the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, in the southwestern United States.
Proper noun
Tucson
- A city, the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, in the southwestern United States.
- Only a few years ago, Tuesday’s announcement that a glove believed to be connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona, had no match in a DNA database would have been a dead end. Now for investigators, it is just the beginning.2026 February 19, Andy Rose, “With no initial DNA match, Guthrie investigators turn to one of their newest tools to crack cases: genetic genealogy”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2026
Tucson meaning in Arabic
Tucson in Arabic
- Arizona city
- تَكْسُون takson, تُوسان tūsān
Origin of Tucson
From the Mexican Spanish Tucsón, from the O'odham Cuk Ṣon (literally “[at the base of the] black mountain”) [tʃʊk ʂɔːn], referring to Sentinel Peak (colloquially known as '"A" Mountain') visible in the west of Tucson’s downtown area.
Words formed from Tucson
Words that rhyme with Tucson
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- foregone
- mon
- qanon
- scone
- swan
- thereupon
- tick on
- wan
- a ton
- chignon
- con
- electron
- got it going on
- jupon
- ron
- soupçon
- thereon
- Toulon
- whereupon
- Yonne
- -hon
- -plon
- agone
- begone
- bent on
- build on
- build upon
- c'mon
- catch oneself on
- chron
- cock on
- Comecon
- conn
- cop oneself on
- Gabon
- garçon
- hither and yon
- hon
- macron
- microraion
- mont
- Perpignan
- phon
- pon
- raion
- shone
- sine qua non
- sine quibus non
Questions about Tucson
- What does Tucson mean?
- Tucson means a city, the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, in the southwestern United States.
- What is Tucson in Arabic?
- Tucson in Arabic is تَكْسُون (takson), تُوسان (tūsān). See Tucson meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is Tucson?
- Tucson is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Tucson?
- Tucson is pronounced /ˈtuːsɒn/ (UK).
Words near Tucson in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Tucson (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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