Stotonyak is a
populated place
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situated on the
San Xavier Indian Reservation in
Pima County,
Arizona, United States.
It has an estimated elevation of above sea level.
To differentiate from the
village of a similar name on the
Gila River Indian Community, the
Office of Indian Affairs
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recommended that this village use the Papago, or
Tohono O'odham spelling, while the Gila River reservation village use the Pima, or
Akimel O'otham
The Pima (or Akimel O'odham, also spelled Akimel Oʼotham, "River People," formerly known as ''Pima'') are a group of Native Americans living in an area consisting of what is now central and southern Arizona, as well as northwestern Mexico in ...
spelling, Stotonic. The recommendation was followed by the
Board on Geographic Names in their 1941 decision.
[For the details of the name decision, please see the decision card available on the GNIS reference.] In the
O'odham language, ''stotonyak'' means "many ants.
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Populated places in Pima County, Arizona