Chimayo
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editBorrowed from Spanish Chimayó, itself from Tewa Tsi Mayoh, one of four hills above the valley that the Tewa consider sacred. [1] Compare Spanish chimayó.
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- A census-designated place in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe counties, New Mexico, United States.
- A valley in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico, United States.
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