En los últimos años, el historiador e investigador Donald T. Garate (fallecido en 2010), que dedicó muchos años a escribir sobre la historia de este estado, ha impulsado la tesis de que el origen es vasco: provendría de las palabras Haritz Ona, que en euskera significa “buen roble”. En Arizona, tampoco es casualidad, se encuentra la reserva de robledales más importante de la región.
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Arizona (/ˌærɪˈzoʊnə/ (About this sound listen); Navajo: Hoozdo Hahoodzo [xòːztò xɑ̀xòːtsò]; O'odham: Alĭ ṣonak [ˡaɺi ˡʂonak]) is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States.
La que si que aparentemente se descarta como posible origen es la que menciona #4
There is a misconception that the state's name originated from the Spanish term Árida Zona ("Arid Zone")
Que sepas que los españoles que conquistaron América pusieron nombre a muchos lugares. Pero nunca se basaron en la etimología local.
Por otro lado, si te interesa fundamentar un poco más tu argumentación, hay unos cuantos historiadores que defienden la teoría de "haritz onak", empezando por William Douglas en 1979 (que creo que omite este artículo), siguiendo por el libro publicado por Donald T. Garate o Jim Turner.
es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navaja_de_Ockham
Por otro lado, se conserva muchísima toponimia local (Chiapas, Guanajuato, chihuahua, Jalisco, Michoacán, Tabasco, Oaxaco....)
The Meaning of Arizona
The area that is now southern Arizona and northern Mexico was known by the Spanish as the Pimería Alta, or Upper Pima Country, named after the natives of the area whom the Spanish called Pima. Within this area was a place that the Spanish called Arisona, Arissona or Arizona.
Scholars disagree, however, about the meaning and derivation of the name “Arizona.” Dean Saxton notes in Dictionary: Tohono O'odham/Pima to English, English to Tohono O'odham/Pima, that the name Arizona comes from “Al Shon,” translated as “Place of Little Spring.” Historian James H. McClintock complements this interpretation in Arizona, Prehistoric, Aboriginal, Pioneer, Modern: The Nation’s Youngest Commonwealth within a Land of Ancient Culture. McClintock concluded that the name probably derived from a native place name that sounded like Aleh-zon or Ali-Shonak, which meant “small spring” or “place of the small spring.”
State Historian Marshall Trimble agrees with Donald T. Garate’s different interpretation. Based on studying historical documents, Garate found evidence suggesting that the name Arizona is a Basque word meaning “The Good Oak Tree.” In Juan Bautista de Anza: Basque Explorer in the New World, 1693-1740, Garate argues that early missionaries to the area did not note Arizona as a native settlement. Bernardo de Urrea, a native Mexican of Basque heritage, established the ranchería (village) of Arizona between 1734 and 1736, south of the international border in Sonora, México about forty miles southwest of Tumacácori.
The ranchería of Arizona quickly became noteworthy after the discovery of silver in the mid-eighteenth century. In Arizona (Never Arizonac), Garate cites a 1737 report by Captain Juan Bautista de Anza that a slab of silver weighing more than 2,500 pounds had been discovered "between the Guevavi Mission and the ranchería called Arizona (entre la Miss.n de Guebabi, y la ranchería del Arissona)." Garate also notes that the place name Arizona can be found in Central and South America where the Spanish and Basque settled, and where Tohono O'odham/Pima names are unlikely to be found.
Sources:
Barnes, Will C. Arizona Place Names. Tucson, Ariz.: The University of Arizona Press, 1988, pp. 26-27.
Dean, Saxton, et al. Dictionary: Tohono O'odham/Pima to English, English to Tohono O'odham/Pima. Tucson, Ariz.: The University of Arizona Press, 1983, p. 138.
Garate, Donald T. "Arizona (Never Arizonac)."
Granger, Byrd Howell. Arizona’s Names: X Marks the Place. Tucson, Ariz.: Falconer Pub. Co., 1983, pp. 30-31.
Thompson, Clay. "A Sorry State of Affairs When Views Change." The Arizona Republic, February 25, 2007, p. B10.
azlibrary.gov/collections/digital-arizona-library-dazl/arizona-almanac
Cataluña fue territorio francés hasta el 16 de julio de 1258.
La bandera de Arizona por tanto, tiene los colores de la bandera de España, en homenaje a los descubridores españoles (13 rayos representando las 13 colonias que formaron los EE.UU.)
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_de_Arizona