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Maricopa

Maricopa noun: 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.

Noun

Maricopa (plural Maricopas or Maricopa)

  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.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...

Proper noun

Maricopa

  1. A city in Pinal County, Arizona, United States.
  2. A city in Kern County, California.

Forms of Maricopa

pluralMaricopas
pluralMaricopa

Origin of Maricopa

Borrowed from Spanish, of uncertain origin.

Words formed from Maricopa

Questions about Maricopa

What does Maricopa mean?
Maricopa means 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.
What part of speech is Maricopa?
Maricopa can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Maricopa?
The plural of Maricopa is Maricopas.

Words near Maricopa in the dictionary

  1. Maricles
  2. maricolous
  3. maricon
  4. maricones
  5. maricons
  6. Maricopa
  7. Maricopa County
  8. maricopaite
  9. Maricopas
  10. maricultural
  11. mariculture

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