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Hopi

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Ho·pi  (hp)
n. pl. Hopi or Ho·pis
1.
a. A Pueblo people occupying a number of mesa-top pueblos on reservation land in northeast Arizona. The Hopi are noted for their dry-farming techniques, rich ceremonial life, and craftsmanship in basketry, pottery, silverwork, and weaving.
b. A member of this people.
2. The Uto-Aztecan language of the Hopi.
[Hopi hópi, peaceable, a Hopi.]
Hopi [ˈhəʊpɪ]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -pis, -pi a member of a North American Indian people of NE Arizona
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Shoshonean subfamily of the Uto-Aztecan family
[from Hopi Hópi peaceful]
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Noun1.HopiHopi - a member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona
Pueblo - a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called `Pueblos' by the Spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock)
Shoshone, Shoshoni - a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States
2.Hopi - the Shoshonean language spoken by the Hopi
Shoshonean, Shoshonean language, Shoshonian, Shoshonian language - a subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States


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