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Quech⋅an

  [kech-uhn]
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–noun
Yuma (defs. 1, 2).
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Que·chan   (kěch'ən)   
n.  See Yuma1.

[Yuma kwaćȧn, those who descended (from the sacred mountain of creation).]
Yu·ma 1   (yōō'mə)   
n.   pl. Yuma or Yu·mas In all senses also called Quechan.

    1. A Native American people inhabiting an area along the lower Colorado River, formerly on both banks but now mainly on the California side.

    2. A member of this people.

  2. The Yuman language of the Yuma.


[Spanish, from Papago yuumi.]
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