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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

Counties

Settlements

Bodies of water

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

Other

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

See also

References

Citations

  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. ^ Barnes (1960), p. 24.
  8. Bright (2004), p. 516.
  9. Barnes (1960), p. 12.
  10. ^ Barnes (1960), p. 4.
  11. ^ Barnes (1960), p. 22.
  12. Barnes (1960), p. 26.
  13. Barnes (1960), p. 5.

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