Monument Valley
Proper noun
Meaning
Monument Valley
A region of the Colorado Plateau on the Arizona–Utah state line, famous for its vast sandstone buttes.
Examples
District schools on or near the Navajo Nation — in Bluff, Monument Valley, Montezuma Creek and Navajo Mountain — have been entirely virtual since the beginning of the semester and will remain so.
Over the years, it’s been an outpost for folks recreating in the region and film crews who came to make movies amid the splendor of nearby Monument Valley and Valley of the Gods (see sidebar).
The Navajo name for Monument Valley is White Streaks Amidst the Rocks.
The trails, except Monument Valley Park trails, may be used for equestrian traffic.