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HOPI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hopi mean?
• HOPI (noun)
The noun HOPI has 2 senses:
1. a member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona
2. the Shoshonean language spoken by the Hopi
Familiarity information: HOPI used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Hopi" is a kind of...):
Pueblo (a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called 'Pueblos' by the Spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock))
Shoshone; Shoshoni (a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The Shoshonean language spoken by the Hopi
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Hopi" is a kind of...):
Shoshonean; Shoshonean language; Shoshonian; Shoshonian language (a subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States)
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