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List of Arizona placenames of Native American origin

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The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of Arizona whose names are derived from Native American languages.

Listings

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Counties

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Settlements

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Bodies of water

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  • Hasbidito Creek – from a Navajo phrase meaning "dove spring".[9]
  • Kinnikinick Lake
  • Lake Bekihatso – from the Navajo phrase be'e k'id hatsoh, meaning "big pond".[10]
  • Segetoa Spring – from the Navajo phrase tsiyi't ohi, meaning "spring in the forest".[11]
  • Setsiltso Spring – from the Navajo phrase chech'il tsoh, meaning "big oak".[11]
  • Zuni River – named after the Zuni people.[12]

Other

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  • Bakulai Mesa – from the Navajo phrase baa lo'k'aa'i, meaning "a place with reeds in it".[10]
  • Bitsihutios Butte – from the Navajo phrase bitsu'h hwits'os, meaning "tapered formation at its base".[13]
  • Canyon de Chelly
  • Chinde Mesa
  • Chinle
  • Chusca Mountains
  • Kin Tiel
  • Klagetoh
  • Lukachukai Mountains
  • Tunitcha Mountains – from the Navajo phrase tontsaa, meaning "big water".[7]

See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ Barnes (1960), p. 2.
  2. ^ Barnes (1960), p. 28.
  3. ^ Barnes (1960), p. 60.
  4. ^ Barnes (1960), p. 94.
  5. ^ Barnes (1960), p. 13.
  6. ^ Barnes (1960), p. 17.
  7. ^ a b Barnes (1960), p. 24.
  8. ^ Bright (2004), p. 516.
  9. ^ Barnes (1960), p. 12.
  10. ^ a b Barnes (1960), p. 4.
  11. ^ a b Barnes (1960), p. 22.
  12. ^ Barnes (1960), p. 26.
  13. ^ Barnes (1960), p. 5.

Sources

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  • Barnes, Will Croft (1960). Arizona Place Names. University of Arizona Press.
  • Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 080613576X.