Hopi
Americannoun
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a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
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the Uto-Aztecan language of the Hopi.
adjective
noun
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a member of a North American Indian people of NE Arizona
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the language of this people, belonging to the Shoshonean subfamily of the Uto-Aztecan family
Etymology
Origin of Hopi
An Americanism dating back to 1875–80; from Hopi hópi “a Hopi person,” literally, “good, peaceable”
Example Sentences
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For the Hopi, Spider Woman takes the imaginings of the sun god and weaves them into being; she is the source of all life and the guardian of the dead.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
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
There are other Indigenous cultures that speak about this: the Hopi tribe, the Dogon tribe in West Africa, the Lakota tribes.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024
For the Hopi, the mountains provided life-giving rain and spiritual sustenance while the Havasupai’s creation story is centered on the four peaks, which they believed were at the center of the earth.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2024
Was the ceasefire due to Mexico City smallpox that had been transmitted by the Hopi?
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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