Indigenous
Tucson
Arizona (AZ)est. 1775pop. 547,239/TOO-sawn/
The meaning
“At the base of the black hill (Cuk Son)”
How it got the name
The O'odham name Cuk Son describes Sentinel Peak, whose dark basalt cap sits above the Santa Cruz river. Spanish ears rendered it Tucson, and the silent c has been baffling outsiders ever since.
Former names
- Cuk Son
- Presidio San Agustin del Tucson
- Tucson