Hopi Definition

hōpē
hopis
noun
A member of 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.
American Heritage
A member of a North American Indian people living in NE Arizona.
Webster's New World
The Uto-Aztecan language of this people.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A tribe of North American natives.
Wiktionary
The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by this North American native American tribe.
Wiktionary
adjective
Of the Hopis or their language or culture.
Webster's New World

Origin of Hopi

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Hopi hópi peaceable, a Hopi

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Hopi Sentence Examples

  • The early Christians continued the Jewish practice of making such an ascription at the close of public prayer (Origen, Hopi Ekijs, 3 3) and introduced it after the sermon also.

  • Often in the plateau country the dry underair absorbs the rain as it falls; and rarely in the Hopi country do flooded gullies " run through " to the Little Colorado.

  • Kachina dolls - Bring good luck to the Hopi Indians of Arizona.

  • The tribes represented by these talented craftspeople include Hopi, Navajo, Santo Domingo, and Zuni.

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Words Starting With

HHOHOP

Words Ending With

IPIOPI

Unscrambles

Hopi

Words Starting With H and Ending With I

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Word Length

4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With H4 Letter Words Ending With I