Hopi

American  

[hoh-pee] / ˈhoʊ pi /

noun

plural

Hopis,

plural

Hopi

1. a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.

2. the Uto-Aztecan language of the Hopi.

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adjective

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

Hopi British  

/ ˈhəʊpɪ /

noun

1. 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

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Etymology

Origin of Hopi

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

Example Sentences

That was in 1932, when Pueblo artists Ma Pe Wi and Tonita Peña and Hopi artist Fred Kabotie also exhibited their paintings.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2025

While giving back local control was Trump’s stated rationale, tribes in the area, like the Diné, Ute, Hopi, and Zuni, had been working for years to protect the two iconic and culturally significant sites.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2024

This was Due’s first piccadilly, a delicacy whose origins are debated, but can be traced to either the Navajo, the Tohono O’odham Reservation, or the Hopi village Moenkopi.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2024

The proposal also includes a combined 9,500 acre-feet per year of water from the Colorado River’s Lower Basin for Navajo and Hopi.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024

When the Spanish governor tried to recruit the Hopi to live in missions, their leaders told him not to bother: the epidemic soon would expunge them from the earth.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann