Sonora

Pronunciation: sə-NOH-rə (key)

Names related to Sonora: Nora

A short form of any of the names containing the element -nora, Nora is also commonly bestowed as an independent given name.

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Comments and insights on the name Sonora: | Edit: Sonora is also a place name. The Sonoran Desert covers 120,000 square miles in southwestern Arizona and southeastern California, as well as most of Baja California and the western half of the state of Sonora, Mexico.
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Nicknames for Sonora: | Edit: Sonny, Sunny
Meanings and history of the name Sonora: | Edit: Related to the word sonorous, "eloquent, pleasant sounding."
Famous real-life people named Sonora: | Edit: Sonora Webster Carver, American Entertainer, "The famous diving horse of Atlantic City."
Sonora Smart Dodd, American poet and the woman responsible for the founding of Father's day.
Sonora in song, story & screen: | Edit: The Disney movie "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken" was loosely based on the life of Sonora Webster Carver.