Meaning and background
The story behind Sedona
Sedona is unusual among place names because the Arizona city was named for a person: Sedona Miller Schnebly, whose husband helped establish its early post office. The Sedona Heritage Museum records the naming history around 1902. An owner might be referring to the desert landscape or simply enjoy the sound, but the record cannot tell us. The place-name history is documented without manufacturing an ancient translation.
- Origin
- Arizona place-name taken from the given name of Sedona Miller Schnebly, recognised for the settlement in 1902. Source
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About Sedona
Recorded as a dog’s name
Sedona appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/sədoʊnə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the second syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/sədoʊnə/ · primary stress on syllable 2S AH0 D OW1 N AH0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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