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1.1  Counties  




1.2  Settlements  




1.3  Bodies of water  




1.4  Other  






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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[edit]

Counties[edit]

  • Cochise County – named after the eponymous Chiricahua chief, from k'uu-ch'ish, meaning "oak".[2]
  • Coconino County – named after the extinct Coconino tribe, of which the Havasupai are descended from.[3]
  • Gila County – from the Yuma phrase hah-quah-sa-eel, meaning "salty running water".[4]
  • Maricopa County – named after the Maricopa people.
  • Mohave County – named after the Mohave people.
  • Navajo County – named after the Navajo people.
  • Pima County – named after the Pima people.
    • Shared with the city of Pima.
  • Yavapai County – named after the Yavapai people.
  • Yuma County – named after the Yuma people.
    • Shared with the city of Yuma.

    • Settlements[edit]

    • Ak Chin – from the O'odham phrase 'akĭ-ciñ, whose English translation is unclear.
  • Chilchinbito – from the Navajo phrase tsiiłchin bii' tó, whose English translation is unclear.
  • Cibecue – from the Apache phrase deshchíí'bikǫ, meaning "horizontal red canyon".
  • Dennehotso – from the Navajo phrase deinihootso, whose English translation is unclear.
  • Huachuca City
  • Kaibito – from the Navajo phrase k'ai'bii'tó, whose English translation is unclear.
  • Kinlichee – from the Navajo phrase kin dah lichi'i, meaning "red house up at an elevation".[5]
  • Lake Havasu City
  • Lake Montezuma
  • Mesquite Creek
  • Nazlini – from the Navajo phrase nazlini, meaning "flowing in a crescent shape".[6]
  • Peoria
  • Sahuarita
  • Tsehili – from the Navajo phrase tseehyili, meaning "flowing into the rocks".[7]
  • Tucson – from O'odham cuk ṣon, "black base".[8]
  • Tusayan

    • Bodies of water[edit]

    • 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[edit]

    • 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[edit]

    References[edit]

    Citations[edit]

    1. ^ Barnes (1960), p. 2.
  • ^ Barnes (1960), p. 28.
  • ^ Barnes (1960), p. 60.
  • ^ Barnes (1960), p. 94.
  • ^ Barnes (1960), p. 13.
  • ^ Barnes (1960), p. 17.
  • ^ a b Barnes (1960), p. 24.
  • ^ Bright (2004), p. 516.
  • ^ Barnes (1960), p. 12.
  • ^ a b Barnes (1960), p. 4.
  • ^ a b Barnes (1960), p. 22.
  • ^ Barnes (1960), p. 26.
  • ^ Barnes (1960), p. 5.

    • Sources[edit]

    • 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.

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