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Anasazi

//ˌɑːnəˈsɑːziː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Ancestral Puebloan. dated
  2. 2
    a Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings wordnet

Etymology

From Navajo anaasází (“enemy ancestors, ancient enemy”), from anaaʼí (“enemy”) + bizází (“their ancestors”).

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