Papago
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Etymology
Origin of Papago
First recorded in 1810–20; from Spanish pápago, earlier papabo(s), shortening of papabi-ootam from Oʼodham bá·bawĭ-ʔóʔodham “Papago(s)” (former self-designation), equivalent to bá·bawĭ “tepary beans” + ʔóʔodham “Piman, fellow tribesman, human being”
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The Huskies completed the first of three rounds Monday at Papago Golf Club in Phoenix with a total of 6-over 294, placing them eighth.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
OK, this video about the new plans for Papago Golf Course, which will be Arizona State’s new home course, isn’t the most exciting clip you’ll see.
From Golf Digest ● Feb. 21, 2017
On this date in 1947, Joaquin Lopez became the first Papago Indian to be ordained a minister in the Protestant church.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 20, 2016
A runner makes his way along a trail on a butte in front of a supermoon at Papago Park in Phoenix, Arizona.
From BBC ● May 11, 2012
Then Belding led the lame horse toward the watering-trough, while the two rangers went toward the house, Dick was telling Ladd about the affair at Papago Well when they turned the corner under the porch.
From Desert Gold by Grey, Zane
In the two years since he succeeded the late great Field Marshal Alexander Papagos as Premier of Greece, ruggedly handsome Constantine Karamanlis, 50, had infused the Greek government with a new spirit.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sure, people voted for Papagos," growled a Greek last week, "but did they get Papagos?
From Time Magazine Archive
He is also a brilliant lawyer, credited with having engineered Greece's postwar economic recovery in the 1950s when he served as Minister of Coordination in the government of Field Marshal Papagos.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Field Marshal Alexander Papagos died in 1955, King Paul passed over a number of senior ministers to elevate Caramanlis from Minister of Public Works to Premier.
From Time Magazine Archive
Collections were also obtained from the Apaches and Zuñi, Pimas, Papagos, and Maricopas, after agents and travelers had denied them to be possessed of any knowledge on the subject.
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