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- a city in and the capital of Sonora, in NW Mexico.
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- a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
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- a city in NW Mexico, capital of Sonora state, on the Sonora River: university (1938); winter resort and commercial centre for an agricultural and mining region. Pop: 668 000 (2005 est)
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- 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)
Mexican state, from Spanish sonora “sonorous” (from Latin sonoros; see sonorous), supposedly so called in reference to marble deposits there which rang when struck.