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Ya⋅qui

  [yah-kee]
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–noun, plural -quis, (especially collectively) -qui for 1.
1. a member of an American Indian people of Sonora, Mexico.
2. the Uto-Aztecan language of the Yaqui.
3. a river in NW Mexico, flowing into the Gulf of California. 420 mi. (676 km) long.
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Ya·qui   (yä'kē)   
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.]
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