So·no·ra

(sə-nō′rə, sō-)

A state of northwest Mexico adjoining the Gulf of California. Hermosillo is the capital and largest city.

So·no′ran n. & adj.

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Sonora

(Spanish soˈnora)

(Placename) a state of NW Mexico, on the Gulf of California: consists of a narrow coastal plain rising inland to the Sierra Madre Occidental; an important mining area in colonial times. Capital: Hermosillo. Pop: 2 213 370 (2000). Area: 184 934 sq km (71 403 sq miles)

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So•no•ra

(səˈnɔr ə, -ˈnoʊr ə)

n.

a state in NW Mexico. 2,085,536; 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Cap.: Hermosillo.

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Noun

Sonora - ground snakes

genus Sonora

reptile genus - a genus of reptiles

Colubridae, family Colubridae - nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species

ground snake, Sonora semiannulata - small shy brightly-ringed terrestrial snake of arid or semiarid areas of western North America

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Then, plunging into the Gulf of Mexico, it subtends the arc formed by the coast of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana; then skirting Texas, off which it cuts an angle, it continues its course over Mexico, crosses the Sonora, Old California, and loses itself in the Pacific Ocean.

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Emaciated he was; as much, perhaps, as he dared be, with a needy undertaker at Bentley's Flat and a new and enterprising coroner at Sonora. Poverty and zeal are an upper and a nether millstone.

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"Learned it in Mexico--in Sonora." He talked easily.

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O contrario tambem pode se tornar verdadeiro, em uma situacao em que o paciente, mesmo sendo resistente ao uso de aparelhos de amplificacao sonora individual por conhecer casos de insucesso, acaba tendo suas expectativas superadas a partir da experiencia auditiva com o uso de amplificacao.

Development and verification of an instrument for assessing expectations of new hearing aid users/Desenvolvimento e verificacao de um instrumento de avaliacao das expectativas de novos usuarios de aparelhos de amplificacao sonora individual

Maria Elena is the first woman to be named Businessperson of the Year by the State of Sonora in 2007 and to be recognized as one of 2010's 50 Most Powerful Women in Mexico by CNN Expansion Magazine.

Maria Elena Rigoli

Sonora Medical Systems Inc., a Longmont, Colo.-based supplier of after-market products, training, depot-level repair and support services, and test equipment to the medical imaging market, has achieved ISO 17025:2005 certification for its Acoustic Power Testing Laboratory.

"Mission to Sonora: Book 1 of the Linda Bluenight Series" follows Linda and her son as they discover a corpse while on a nature hike.

Mission to Sonora

Arizona and Sonora share an amazing diversity of biological resources, including many at-risk species of mutual concern to the United States and Mexico.

Cross-border conservation in Sonora and Arizona