Papago

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(pä′pä gō′)

noun pl. Papagos or Papago

  1. a member of a North American Indian people closely related to the Pimas and living mostly near the border between SW Arizona and NW Mexico
  2. the Uto-Aztecan language of this people

Origin: < Papago, lit., bean people

See Papago in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Papago Papago or Pa·pa·gos In both senses also called O'odham, Tohono O'odham.
  1. a. A Native American people inhabiting desert regions of southern Arizona and northern Sonora, a state of northwest Mexico.
    b. A member of this people.
  2. The Uto-Aztecan language of this people, dialectally related to Pima.
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