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Papago

Papago noun: a Uto-Aztecan people of southern Arizona and Sonora in northern Mexico. Today they are known as the Tohono O'odham ("the Desert People").

Noun

Papago (plural Papagos or Papago)

  1. (historical) A Uto-Aztecan people of southern Arizona and Sonora in northern Mexico. Today they are known as the Tohono O'odham ("the Desert People").
    • 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...

Forms of Papago

pluralPapagos
pluralPapago

Origin of Papago

Borrowed from Spanish Pápago, itself from O'odham Ba꞉bawĭkoʼa (“they eat tepary beans”).

Phrases with Papago

Questions about Papago

What does Papago mean?
Papago means a Uto-Aztecan people of southern Arizona and Sonora in northern Mexico. Today they are known as the Tohono O'odham ("the Desert People").
What part of speech is Papago?
Papago is a noun.
What is the plural of Papago?
The plural of Papago is Papagos.

Words near Papago in the dictionary

  1. Papafios
  2. Papageno effect
  3. Papageno effects
  4. Papageorge
  5. Papageorges
  6. Papago
  7. papagoite
  8. Papagos
  9. Papagou
  10. papaha
  11. papahas

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