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MARICOPA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Maricopa mean?
• MARICOPA (noun)
The noun MARICOPA has 2 senses:
1. a member of a North American Indian people of the Gila river valley in Arizona
2. the Yuman language spoken by the Maricopa and the Halchidhoma
Familiarity information: MARICOPA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a North American Indian people of the Gila river valley in Arizona
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Maricopa" is a kind of...):
Hoka; Hokan (a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The Yuman language spoken by the Maricopa and the Halchidhoma
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Maricopa" is a kind of...):
Yuman (a group of language of the Hokan family in Arizona and California and Mexico)
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