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Ha⋅va⋅su⋅pai

[hah-vuh-soo-pahy]
–noun, plural -pais, (especially collectively) -pai for 1.
1. a member of a small tribe of nomadic North American Indians now living in Arizona.
2. the Yuman language of the Havasupai.
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Ha·va·su·pai   (hä'və-sōō'pī)   
n.   pl. Havasupai or Havasu·pais
    1. A Native American people inhabiting an area southeast of the Grand Canyon.

    2. A member of this people.

  1. The Yuman language of the Havasupai, closely related to Hualapai.


[Probably Mohave havasu·pay, blue-green (water) person : havasu·, blue-green (water) + -pay, person.]
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