Papago

American  

[pah-puh-goh, pap-uh-] / ˈpɑ pəˌgoʊ, ˈpæp ə- /

noun

plural

Papagos,

plural

Papago

1. former name of the Tohono O'odham.

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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”

Example Sentences

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

On this date in 1874, the San Xavier Reservation was set aside by Executive Order for the use of the Papago tribe.

From Washington Times • Jun. 21, 2017

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

Whenever a war party, consisting of either Pima, Papago, or Maricopa Indians, returned from an expedition into the Apache country, their success was announced from the first and most distant elevation visible from their settlements.

From Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 by Mallery, Garrick