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☆ Pima (pē′mə)

noun

  1. pl. Pimas -·mas or Pima -·ma a member of a North American Indian people living in the Gila and Salt river valleys in Arizona
  2. the Uto-Aztecan language of this people

Etymology: < Sp < Piman word for “no,” misunderstood and misapplied by missionaries

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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