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Ho⋅pi

[hoh-pee]
–noun, plural -pis, (especially collectively) -pi for 1.
1. a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
2. a Uto-Aztecan language, the language of the Hopi Indians.

Origin:
1875–80, Americanism; < Hopi hópi a Hopi person, lit., good, peaceable
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Ho·pi   (hō'pē)   
n.   pl. Hopi or Ho·pis
    1. 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.

    2. A member of this people.

  1. The Uto-Aztecan language of the Hopi.


[Hopi hópi, peaceable, a Hopi.]
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