Pi·ma (p  m )n. pl. Pima or Pi·mas 1. a. A Native American people inhabiting south-central Arizona along the Gila and Salt rivers. b. A member of this people. 2. The Uto-Aztecan language of the Pima, dialectally related to Papago. [From American Spanish Pimahitos, Pimas, from obsolete Pima pimahaitu, nothing (misunderstood by missionaries as a tribal name).] Pi man adj. |
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| Noun | 1. |  Pima - a member of the North American Indian people living in southern Arizona and northern MexicoBuffalo Indian, Plains Indian - a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America |
| 2. | Pima - the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Pima Uto-Aztecan, Uto-Aztecan language - a family of American Indian languages |
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