What do the Navajo people call the Grand Canyon?

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What do the Navajo people call the Grand Canyon?

Question #136398. Asked by billbur.
Last updated Jul 02 2014.
Originally posted Jul 02 2014 10:44 PM.

Walneto

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Walneto

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One of the Navajo names for the Grand Canyon in Arizona is Tsékooh Hatsoh.
Here, we have the word tsékooh, which refers to a canyon.
The second word describes a big space, making use of the ha- and -tsoh particles.

http://navajowotd.com/post/77401649772/tsekooh-hatsoh

Jul 02 2014, 11:59 PM

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The Pueblo and Navajo people considered the Grand Canyon (Ongtupqa in Hopi language)a holy site and made pilgrimages to it....credit: Wikipedia ---Grand Canyon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon

Jul 02 2014, 11:53 PM