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It is well known that the territory of Southern Arizona and present-day Phoenix was inhabited hundreds of years earlier than much of the eastern United States.

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December 15, 2022May 4, 2023 Dailey Arlene 4 mins read

Scientists disagree on the exact date, but it is believed to have been around 700 A.D.

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Scientists believe that the toponym "Arizona" is of Native American origin. In the Pima language, it means "the place of a small stream". The Aztec translation of the state's name means "giving birth to silver". The pre-Columbian Hohokam culture existed on the territory of modern Arizona in the 1st - 15th centuries A.D.

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