Names (Jun 2000)

Inyo Redux

  • William Bright,
  • John McLaughlin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1179/nam.2000.48.2.147
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 48, no. 2

Abstract

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Abstract The name of the Inyo Mountains and of Inyo County in California was reported in 1860 to mean ‘dwelling place of a great spirit’ in a local Indian language, but this etymology was later disputed. It is now confirmed that the name is derived from Panamint iuml;niuml;-yun ‘ ‘it's dangerous’.