English
Tucson
Tucson comes from O'odham Cuk Ṣon.
- O'odhammodernCuk Ṣonliterally ‘at the base of the black mountain’
- Mexican SpanishmodernTucsón
- Englishearliest quotation 2026Tucson
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- O'odhammodernCuk Ṣonliterally ‘at the base of the black mountain’
- Mexican SpanishmodernTucsón
- Englishearliest quotation 2026Tucson
Earliest quotation: 2026, Andy Rose: “Only a few years ago, Tuesday’s announcement that a…”
Every English word from O'odham Cuk Ṣon
Today it means
name A city, the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, in the southwestern United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / O'odham Cuk Ṣon / Tucson