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Maricopa

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in Pinal County, Arizona, United States.
  2. 2
    A city in Kern County, California.
Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a Native American people belonging to the Yuman linguistic stock, a part of the Hokan family. They originate in the Colorado River area, but following an exodus in the 1700s or 1800s, they live amongst the Pima in the vicinity of the Gila and Salt Rivers.

    "In the valley of the Gila and on its tributaries from the northeast are the Pimas, Maricopas, and Papagos."

  2. 2
    the Yuman language spoken by the Maricopa and the Halchidhoma wordnet
  3. 3
    a member of a North American Indian people of the Gila river valley in Arizona wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish, of uncertain origin.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish, of uncertain origin.

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