Chiricahua

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a particular Native American tribe.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Apache language these people speak.

Example

More examples

"She fell in love with fieldwork studying lizards in the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona."

Etymology

Via Spanish Chiricahua, most likely from Opata chiguicagui (“mountain of the wild turkey”).

Related phrases

native american

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