Ya·qui (yä k )n. pl. Yaqui or Ya·quis 1. A member of a Native American people of Sonora, a state of northwest Mexico, now also located in southern Arizona. Many Yaqui sought asylum in the United States in the early 19th century because of conflict with the Mexican government. 2. The Uto-Aztecan language of the Yaqui. [Spanish, from Yaqui hiaki.] |
Yaqui (Spanish) [ˈjaki]
n
(Placename) a river in NW Mexico, rising near the border with the US and flowing south to the Gulf of California. Length: about 676 km (420 miles)
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