{"id":1862,"date":"2019-01-13T15:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-13T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/?p=1862"},"modified":"2023-06-09T16:11:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T16:11:03","slug":"basque-fact-of-the-day-arizona-may-be-a-basque-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/2019\/01\/13\/basque-fact-of-the-day-arizona-may-be-a-basque-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Basque Fact of the Week: Arizona may be a Basque Word"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legacy.com\/obituaries\/RGJ\/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&amp;pid=145612405\">Donald T. Garate<\/a>, an interpreter and historian for the National Park Service,  found evidence that the name Arizona may be of Basque origin. <a href=\"https:\/\/azlibrary.gov\/collections\/digital-arizona-library-dazl\/arizona-almanac\/meaning-arizona\">According to his research<\/a>, Arizona was originally a rancheria or village established by Bernardo de Urrea sometime between 1734 and 1736. When silver was discovered nearby, the name Arizona became much more noteworthy.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/bfotd.arizona.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1863\" width=\"335\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/bfotd.arizona.jpg 650w, https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/bfotd.arizona-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcourier.com\/news\/2009\/nov\/21\/days-past-how-the-state-of-arizona-got-its-name-p\/\">Daily Courier<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arizona, as a Basque word, would mean &#8220;good oak.&#8221; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The theory that Arizona was of Basque origin was originally proposed in 1979 by <a href=\"https:\/\/guides.library.unr.edu\/nvwriters-hall-of-fame\/douglass-2012\">William Douglass<\/a>, founder of what is now the Center for Basque Studies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arizona#Etymology\">alternate theory<\/a> is that Arizona comes from a Native American language, O&#8217;odham, phrase <em>al? ?onak<\/em>, meaning &#8220;small spring.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald T. Garate, an interpreter and historian for the National Park Service, found evidence that the name Arizona may be of Basque origin. According to his research, Arizona was originally a rancheria or village established by Bernardo de Urrea sometime between 1734 and 1736. 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