saguaro

saguaro

English

saguaro

Alternative forms

• sahuaro

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish, from a Taracahitic Uto-Aztecan language, probably Yaqui, Mayo or Opata.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈwɑɹoʊ/, /səˈɡwɑɹoʊ/

Noun

saguaro (plural saguaros)

1. Carnegiea gigantea, a large cactus native to the Sonoran Desert and characterized by its "arms".
   • 1858, George Engelmann, Cactaceae of the Boundary, C. giganteus, page 42:

     The Suwarrow or Saguaro of the natives.

   • 1870, William Abraham Bell, New Tracks in North America: A Journal of Travel and Adventure Whilst Engaged in the Survey for a Southern Railroad to the Pacific Ocean During 1867-8:

     The Pitella (pronounced Pitayo) and the Saguaro are the most prized.

Derived terms

• saguaro boot
• saguaro cactus
• saguaro stack

Translations

large cactus

Chiricahua: please add this translation if you can Cocopa: ʔa-ʔá German: Saguaro m Hopi: please add this translation if you can Maricopa: please add this translation if you can Mojave: please add this translation if you can Navajo: hosh aditsahiitsoh O'odham: ha꞉ṣañ (hahshani) Persian: ساگوارو‎ (sâguâro) Portuguese: saguaro m Russian: карне́гия (ru) f (karnɛ́gija), сагуа́ро n (saguáro) Spanish: saguaro m Ute: pa’a-tʉ mana-vi Western Apache: please add this translation if you can Yaqui: please add this translation if you can Yuma: please add this translation if you can Zuni: please add this translation if you can

References

1. “saguaro”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

• “saguaro”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• “saguaro”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “saguaro”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• saguaro in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

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Catalan

Etymology

From Spanish saguaro, from an Uto-Aztecan language.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /səˈɡwa.ɾo/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /səˈɡwa.ɾu/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /saˈɡwa.ɾo/

Noun

saguaro m (plural saguaros)

1. saguaro

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Portuguese

Noun

saguaro m (plural saguaros)

1. saguaro (a large species of cactus of the Sonoran Desert)

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Spanish

saguaro

Etymology

Of Uto-Aztecan origin, probably from Mayo, Opata, or Yaqui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈɡwaɾo/ [saˈɣ̞wa.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: sa‧gua‧ro

Noun

saguaro m (plural saguaros)

1. saguaro (a large species of cactus of the Sonoran Desert)

   Synonym: órgano

Further reading

• “saguaro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014