Naʼnízhoozhí
Navajo
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Etymology
[edit]naʼnízhoozh (“bridge made of planks”) + -í (nominalizer), the planks being laid side by side across an expanse (literally, something lies side by side across). Naʼnízhoozhí refers to the old foot bridge spanning the Rio Puerco River across from the Santa Fe Railway station.
Proper noun
[edit]Naʼnízhoozhí
- Gallup (a city, the county seat of McKinley County, New Mexico, United States)