Papago

Definition

A Uto-Aztecan people of southern Arizona and Sonora in northern Mexico. Today they are known as the Tohono O'odham ("the Desert People").

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Pápago, itself from O'odham Ba꞉bawĭkoʼa (“they eat tepary beans”).

Example Sentences

• "In the valley of the Gila and on its tributaries from the northeast are the Pimas, Maricopas, and Papagos."