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Cochise

¹ American

[koh-chees] / koʊˈtʃis /

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of a prehistoric American Indian culture of southeastern Arizona, dating from around 9000 b.c.

Cochise ² American

[koh-chees] / koʊˈtʃis /

noun

c1815–74, a chief of the Chiricahua Apaches.

Cochise British

/ -ˈtʃiːz, kəʊˈtʃiːs /

noun

died 1874, Apache Indian chief

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Etymology

Origin of Cochise

Named after Cochise County, Arizona

Example Sentences

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Many health departments rely heavily on federal funding, as do non-profits like Cochise Harm Reduction, which directly help people who use drugs along the U.S.-Mexico border.

From Salon • May 22, 2025

Trump was in Cochise County on Thursday visiting the US frontier with Mexico.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2024

That leaves approximately 640,000 acres for the jaguars across Cochise, Pima and Santa Cruz counties.

From Salon • May 31, 2024

The incident occurred at around 5 p.m. local time Monday, the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office said in a post on Facebook.

From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2023

While he argued slowly against the impatient utterances of Lieutenant Bascom, reading the growing intolerance in the other’s eyes, Cochise remembered some of the stories which he had frowned down when his people told them.

From When the West Was Young by Bechdolt, Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie)

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