List of Arizona placenames of Native American origin

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

Counties

 * Apache County – named after the Apache people.
 * Shared with cities of Apache Junction, Fort Apache and Apache Lake.
 * Cochise County – named after the eponymous Chiricahua chief, from k'uu-ch'ish, meaning "oak".
 * Coconino County – named after the extinct Coconino tribe, of which the Havasupai are descended from.
 * Gila County – from the Yuma phrase hah-quah-sa-eel, meaning "salty running water".
 * Shared with the city of Gila Bend, and the Gila River.
 * Maricopa County – named after the Maricopa people.
 * Shared with the city of Maricopa, and the village of Maricopa Colony.
 * Mohave County – named after the Mohave people.
 * Shared with the villages of Fort Mohave, Mohave Valley, and Mojave Ranch Estates.
 * Navajo County – named after the Navajo people.
 * Shared with Navajo Springs.
 * 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

 * Ak Chin – from the O'odham phrase 'akĭ-ciñ, whose English translation is unclear.
 * Shared with the village of Ak Chin in Pinal County, or the Ak-Chin Village, also in Pinal County.
 * 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".
 * Lake Havasu City
 * Lake Montezuma
 * Mesquite Creek
 * Nazlini – from the Navajo phrase nazlini, meaning "flowing in a crescent shape".
 * Peoria
 * Sahuarita
 * Tsehili – from the Navajo phrase tseehyili, meaning "flowing into the rocks".
 * Tucson – from O'odham cuk ṣon, "black base".
 * Shared with the cities of South Tucson and Corona de Tucson, as well as the village of Tucson Estates.
 * Tusayan

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".