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Maraw

Maraw proper noun: the name of a Hopi women's society.

Proper noun

Maraw

  1. The name of a Hopi women's society.
  2. The name of a ceremony of the Maraw society.

Origin of Maraw

Borrowed from Hopi Maraw (“member of the Maraw society”), from maraw (“a kind of insect”).

Questions about Maraw

What does Maraw mean?
Maraw means the name of a Hopi women's society.
What part of speech is Maraw?
Maraw is a proper noun.

Words near Maraw in the dictionary

  1. maravedis
  2. Maravi
  3. Maravilla
  4. Maravillas
  5. maraviroc
  6. Maraw
  7. Marawi
  8. maray
  9. Marayag
  10. Maraylya
  11. Maraynes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Maraw (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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