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noun(anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure
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- phoenix the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation
- colorado an important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United States
- southwest the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado
- prescott a town in central Arizona
- apache any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma
- tucson a city in southeastern Arizona ringed by mountain ranges; long known as a winter and health resort but the population shift from industrial states to the Sunbelt resulted in rapid growth late in the 20th century
- mesa a city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix
- hopi a member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona
- mojave a desert area in southern California and western Arizona
- mojave a member of the North American Indian people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona and Nevada and California