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Hohokam

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Ho⋅ho⋅kam

  [huh-hoh-kuhm]
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–adjective
1. of, belonging to, or characteristic of an American Indian culture of the central and southern deserts of Arizona, about a.d. 450–1450, roughly contemporaneous with the Anasazi culture to the north.
–noun
2. the Hohokam culture.
Origin:
coined by U.S. anthropologist J.W. Fewkes < Pima-Papago huhugam those who are gone, a term applied to the ancient inhabitants of the pueblo ruins
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Ho·ho·kam   (hə-hō'kəm)   
n.   pl. Hohokam or Ho·ho·kams
  1. A Native American culture flourishing from about the 3rd century B.C. to the mid-15th century A.D. in south-central Arizona, noted for the construction of an extensive system of irrigation canals.
  2. A member of this culture.

[From Papago huhugam, those who are gone, from huhug, to perish, disappear.]
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