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
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Hopi
An Americanism dating back to 1875–80; from Hopi hópi “a Hopi person,” literally, “good, peaceable”
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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
Voters on Navajo and Hopi reservations cast nearly 60,000 ballots in 2020, compared with under 42,500 in 2016, according to an Associated Press analysis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 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
First to suffer, or so the sketchy evidence suggests, were the Hopi.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
He later co-founded a federally funded legal advocacy organization that served Navajos, Hopis and Apaches that still exists today.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
The Hopis sued Flagstaff in 2011 over the city’s decision to sell wastewater to the Snowbowl.
From Washington Times ● May 9, 2018
They identified as members of a particular village or clan and sometimes didn’t even speak the same language as Hopis from other towns.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2016
He said that, while Hopis are allowed permits to "take" live golden eagles, not having items from the repository would limit his ability to participate in certain cultural events.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 27, 2012
That was the warning the old Zunis, and Hopis, and Navajos had about Gallup.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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