Tucson

[ too-son, too-son ]

noun

1. a city in S Arizona: health resort.

Tucson

/ ˈtuːsɒn /

noun

1. a city in SE Arizona, at an altitude of 700m (2400 ft): resort and seat of the University of Arizona (1891). Pop: 507 658 (2003 est)

Tucson

1. Large city in southeastern Arizona , in a desert surrounded by mountains.

Notes

Tourist center.

Example Sentences

At Tucson’s Canyon Ranch spa, stressed guests learn to stroll instead of run

From Washington Post

Since January, at least three committee members along with McKinnon have resigned, including Lynda Stites, who chaired the Tucson-based committee covering the southern portion of the state for several years.

From ProPublica

A critical incident review board in Tucson, Arizona, posts its results online.

From Voice of San Diego

“The finding is very exciting, as it demonstrates the behavioral difference between the two lineages,” says Kathleen Walker, an entomologist at the University of Arizona in Tucson who was not associated with the study.

From Science News

“This completely changes how we thought hydrogen, in particular, was being lost to space,” says planetary chemist Shane Stone of the University of Arizona in Tucson.

From Science News

After my first trip to his place in Tucson we called one another on the telephone.

From The Daily Beast

At his Tucson hacienda he is a gracious host and a good neighbor.

From The Daily Beast

The former congresswoman has advocated for tighter gun laws after being the victim of a near-fatal shooting in Tucson in 2011.

From The Daily Beast

"As a society, we feed the danger by forcing all of these people into the shadows," Molina told me at her office in Tucson.

From The Daily Beast

This is similar to what Tucson was seeing in 2008 and 2009.

From The Daily Beast

The garrison of four presidios of Sonora concentrated within the walls of Tucson, gave us no pause.

From Project Gutenberg

Pelly is holdin' one end of the chain down in Tucson, and the other end is layin' right here in Phoenix.

From Project Gutenberg

You can't get ice from Tucson so's thar'd be anything left unless you order a whole carload at onct.

From Project Gutenberg

Limber picked out a fine little pony for you to ride, and I found a saddle in Tucson that is just your size.

From Project Gutenberg

Say, I seen him ride Cyclone once and get first money for ridin' the worst buckin' bronc' at the rodeo, over to Tucson.

From Project Gutenberg