Papago
Americannoun
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Papagos,
plural
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Papago
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
The land was set aside as the Papago Saguaro National Monument in 1914 and in 1930, became Papago Park.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 7, 2021
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
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
Their numbers under the Pima Agency, Arizona,76 are Pima, 4,464; Papago, 5,163.
From Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142 by John Wesley Powell
General Papagos and the Greeks had not yet won a war, but they had put Mussolini in a difficult spot.
From Time Magazine Archive
As Chief of Staff, General Papagos saw to it that Greece's 18-month compulsory training for all males between 21 and 50 was no child's play.
From Time Magazine Archive
Soldier Van Fleet got General Alexander Papagos, a fine soldier, appointed commander in chief, persuaded the Greeks to seize the initiative, and got after the rebels in their lairs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sure, people voted for Papagos," growled a Greek last week, "but did they get Papagos?
From Time Magazine Archive
The next place for the distribution of Indian goods was at the Mission of San Xavier del Bac, three leagues south of Tucson, among the Papagos, a christianized branch of the great Pima tribe.
From Building a State in Apache Land by Charles D. (Charles Debrille) Poston
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