Time was, Ajo was best known as the last pit stop for tourists bound for the beaches of Sonora.
In Tiny Ajo, Arizona, Border Patrol Agents Are Living the Dream|Terry Greene Sterling|September 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
At least one other killing may have occurred in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.
U.S. Border Patrol Fires at Rock Throwers in Mexico, and Three Have Died|Terry Greene Sterling|October 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Three weeks ago, Sofia even sent her 4-year-old daughter back to Sonora, Mexico, figuring she could meet her child there.
Migrants in Limbo|Bryan Curtis|July 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST
If I can only reach Bucky there's one chance in fifty he can head them off from crossing into Sonora.
Bucky O'Connor|William MacLeod Raine
She had passed five years in captivity among the Mexicans in Sonora and had learned to speak Spanish with facility.
The Medicine-Men of the Apache. (1892 N 09 / 1887-1888 (pages 443-604))|John G. Bourke
Mr. Conrad had to go down in Sonora on business, and I am the only one here to take his place.
The Treasure Trail|Marah Ellis Ryan
In 1701 Salvatierra had explored with Kino in quest of a land route from Sonora.
The Colonization of North America|Herbert Eugene Bolton
From the beginning it had surprised me how very ignorant the people of Sonora were regarding the Sierra Madre.
Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2)|Carl Lumholtz
British Dictionary definitions for Sonora
Sonora
/ (Spanishsoˈnora) /
noun
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)