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Yaqui

(yä′kē)

noun

pl. Yaquis or Yaqui a member of a North American Indian people living in Sonora, Mexico
the Uto-Aztecan language of this people

Origin: Sp < Yaqui hiyak, pl. hiyakim, a self-designation < name of a river in Yaqui territory

See Yaqui in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Yaqui Yaqui or Ya·quis

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.
The Uto-Aztecan language of the Yaqui.

Origin:

Origin: Spanish

Origin: , from Yaqui hiaki

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