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- 1 2 Barnes (1960), p. 24.
- ↑ Bright (2004), p. 516.
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Sources
- 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.