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Hopi

Hopi

See also: hopi

English

Proper noun

Hopi

  1. A tribe of North American natives.
  2. The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by this North American native American tribe.

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Anagrams

hopi

hopi

See also: Hopi

French

Noun

hopi m ‎(uncountable)

  1. Hopi language

See also

Spanish

Adjective

hopi m, f ‎(plural hopis)

  1. Hopi

Noun

hopi m ‎(uncountable)

  1. Hopi (language)

Etymology

Hopi hopi ‎(“Hopi, good in every respect, be wise/knowing”) (as in Hopituu sinom "Hopi people"). Popularized by J. Walter Fewkes as a replacement for the previously used and offensive name Moqui which sounds like Hopi mooki "dies, be dead".

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