saguaro

English

saguaro

Alternative forms

• sahuaro, suwarrow

Etymology

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

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 fruit
• 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: sauwo
• Yuma: please add this translation if you can
• Zuni: please add this translation if you can

References

• “saguaro”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “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, →OCLC.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish saguaro, from an Uto-Aztecan language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [səˈɣwa.ɾu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [səˈɣwa.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [saˈɣwa.ɾo]

Noun

saguaro m (plural saguaros)

1. saguaro

Portuguese

Noun

saguaro m (plural saguaros)

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

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