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This is a list of Arizona county name etymologies:
- Apache County, Arizona: Apache is named after the Apache Native American people.
- Cochise County, Arizona: Cochise is named after Cochise, the Apache Native American leader.
- Coconino County, Arizona: Coconino is named after the Coconino Native American people, a Hopi designation for Havasupai and Yavapai people.
- Gila County, Arizona: Gila is named after the Gila River.
- Graham County, Arizona: Graham is named after Mount Graham.
- Greenlee County, Arizona: Greenlee is named after Mason Greenlee, a pioneer.
- La Paz County, Arizona: La Paz is named after La Paz, Arizona, a historic boomtown on the Colorado River. La paz means the peace in Spanish.
- Maricopa County, Arizona: Maricopa is named after the Maricopa Native American people.
- Mohave County, Arizona: Mohave is named after the Mohave Indians, one of the Yuma tribes.
- Navajo County, Arizona: Navajo is named after the Navajo Native American people.
- Pima County, Arizona: Pima is named after the Pima Native American people, called in their own language Akimel O'odam (river people).
- Pinal County, Arizona: Pinal is named after the Pinal Mountains (from the Spanish stand of pines) and the Pinal Native American people (a band of Coyotero Apaches) who lived there.
- Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Santa Cruz is named after the Santa Cruz River.
- Yavapai County, Arizona: Yavapai is named for after Yavapai Native American people.
- Yuma County, Arizona: Yuma is named after the Yuma Indians, today called the Quechan.
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