Hopi

[ hoh-pee ]

noun

, plural Ho·pis, (especially collectively) Ho·pi

1. a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
2. the Uto-Aztecan language of the Hopi.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Hopi or their language.

Hopi

/ ˈhəʊpɪ /

noun

1. -pis-pi a member of a North American Indian people of NE Arizona
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Shoshonean subfamily of the Uto-Aztecan family

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hopi¹

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80; from Hopi hópi “a Hopi person,” literally, “good, peaceable”

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hopi¹

from Hopi Hópi peaceful

Example Sentences

Its students’ test scores were similar to those in other Hopi schools — a little more than two grade levels below the national average — but the school appeared to have done a much better job helping those students learn.

From ProPublica

Glendora Lopez, who lives in the Hopi village of Kykotsmovi, in Arizona, recognized the importance of early childhood education.

From ProPublica

That’s by far the highest mark of the five Hopi elementary schools for which enough data was available to reliably estimate growth.

From ProPublica

Like most parents in communities the agency serves, Lopez had no way to look up the Hopi schools’ test scores.

From ProPublica

That doesn’t sit well with the Apache and other tribes, including the Zuni, Yavapai, O’odham and Hopi, all of whom consider the site sacred.

From Washington Post

In the southern regions the Hopi women have woven cotton garments from time immemorial.

From Project Gutenberg

Particularly typical are the cults of the Zuni and Hopi, described in detail by various American scholars.

From Project Gutenberg

Mention has already been made of the cloud masks used in the vegetation festivals of the Hopi and Zuni.

From Project Gutenberg

The snake society of the Hopi, to which we have already referred, has a similar song, which it sings with musical accompaniment.

From Project Gutenberg

These paintings are believed to indicate that this room was used for a ceremony akin to the New Fire ceremony of the Hopi.

From Project Gutenberg