Moki

or Mo·qui

[ moh-kee ]

/ ˈmoʊ ki /

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noun, plural Mo·kis, (especially collectively) Mo·ki.

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Words nearby Moki

mojito, mojo, Mokapu, moke, Mokha, Moki, mokihi, moko, Mokola virus, mokomoko, mokopuna

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Example sentences from the Web for Moki

Why did the guides, if they belonged in the Moki towns, conduct Cardenas so far to show him a river which was so near?
The Romance of the Colorado River|Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
The solution seems to be that he started from some locality other than the present Moki towns.
The Romance of the Colorado River|Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
From Zuni he went to the Moki towns, then five in number, and possibly somewhat south of the present place.
The Romance of the Colorado River|Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
These people had told him about the distance to Moki and the nature of the intervening region.
The Romance of the Colorado River|Frederick S. Dellenbaugh

On the following day the same ceremony was performed on a larger scale at Walpi, the easternmost of the Moki villages.
Seventh Annual Report|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Moki

moki

/ (ˈməʊkɪ) /

noun plural mokis or moki

either of two edible sea fish of New Zealand, the blue cod (Percis colias) or the bastard trumpeter (Latridopsis ciliaris)

Word Origin for moki

Māori

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