Wahatoya means "breasts of the earth" in a Native language

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Wahatoya means "breasts of the earth" in a Native language and poetically refers to the twin summits of the Spanish Peaks in southern Colorado.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American place name
toponym
appliesTo a pair of mountain summits
associatedWith Spanish Peaks Wilderness area
surface form: Spanish Peaks region

Southern Colorado
surface form: southern Colorado
category Indigenous geographic name
connotation poetic name for the twin peaks
culturalContext Indigenous North American traditions
describes shape of the twin summits
etymologyNote interpreted as a metaphor for the rounded twin peaks
geographicContext Southern Rocky Mountains
surface form: southern Rocky Mountains
hasNumberOfFeaturesDescribed two
isPoeticNameFor Spanish Peaks
languageFamily Native American language
meaning breasts of the earth
refersTo Spanish Peaks
twin summits of the Spanish Peaks
region Colorado
surface form: Colorado, United States
symbolizes earth as a nurturing mother
usedBy Native peoples of the region

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Spanish Peaks nameMeaning Wahatoya means "breasts of the earth" in a Native language