apache
/əˈpæ.t͡ʃi/
apache is the alternative letter-case form of Apache.
Proper noun capitalized: Apache
Apache
- The group of languages used by any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.
- Synonyms:
- Apachean, Southern Athabaskan
- A town in Oklahoma, United States. See Apache, Oklahoma.
- Apache HTTP Server, a widely used open source web server software suite.
- This list is necessary so Apache can set the right HTTP headers when a certain file is requested.2002, Daniel López Ridruejo, Daniel Lopez, Ian Kallen, Sams Teach Yourself Apache 2 in 24 Hours, Sams Publishing, page 62
- This section discusses the process of configuring Apache to participate in WebLogic clusters. Apache is a Web server, the most popular one, actually.2003, Scott Hawkins, BEA WebLogic Server Administration Kit, page 59
Noun capitalized: Apache
Apache (plural Apaches or Apache)
- Any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e., Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.
- Away up at the sources of the Gila, where the pines and cedars stand and where creeks and valleys are found, is a part of the Apache land.1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961...
- A person belonging to an Apache people.
- A Parisian gangster of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- But the brain, and the agility, and the muscles that had coped with the mighty strength and cruel craftiness of Terkoz and Numa in the fastness of their savage jungle were not to be so easily subdued as these apaches of Paris had believed.1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “What Happened in the Rue Maule”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 35
- “He had the big paper knife in his hand, and ‘Mind, Dorcas,’ he says, ‘you’ll have to be very respectful. This is my specially sharpened scimitar, and it’s off with your head if I’m at all displeased with you!’ Miss Cynthia, she was what they call an Apache, or some such name—a Frenchified sort of...1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 115
- AH-64 Apache, a U.S. military helicopter.
Synonyms of apache
Forms of apache
| plural | apaches |
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| plural | Apaches |
| plural | Apache |
Origin of apache
From American Spanish apache, most likely from Zuni ʔa·paču (“Navajos”), or possibly from the Yavapai word ʔpačə, meaning "people". The web server software was named to honor the Apache people, although much has been made of the fact that its design was "patchy" (constructed by assembling software patches). See Apache HTTP Server § Name. The Parisian gangsters were named after the American tribe because of their aggressive reputation.
Words formed from apache
Phrases with apache
Words that rhyme with apache
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- hash
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- sash
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- bash
- bedash
- brash
- fash
- ganache
- overlash
- potash
- slapdash
- abash
- backslash
- backsplash
- calash
- gatecrash
- Kash
- midrash
- mishmash
- panache
- shamash
- shash
- stramash
- taplash
- bardash
- berdache
- Chumash
- encash
- haberdash
- heat rash
- keysmash
- Lagash
- Malagash
- Miminegash
- newsflash
- outflash
- overrash
- pearlash
Questions about apache
- What does apache mean?
- Apache means the group of languages used by any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.
- What is apache the alternative letter-case form of?
- Apache is the alternative letter-case form of Apache.
- What part of speech is apache?
- Apache can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce apache?
- Apache is pronounced /əˈpæ.t͡ʃi/.
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