Tarahumara
Americannoun
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Tarahumaras,
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Tarahumara
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a member of an Indigenous people of the Sierra Madre region of the state of Chihuahua, Mexico.
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the Uto-Aztecan language of the Tarahumara.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Tarahumara
First recorded in 1870–75; of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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Daniel E. Lieberman has studied the diets of indigenous cultures worldwide, from the Hadza, a hunter-gatherer people in Tanzania, to Maasai herders in Kenya and the Tarahumara Native Americans of northern Mexico.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Among the inhabitants of the Tarahumara mountains, specially within the Indigenous Raramuri people, priests like Ávila, Reyes and the murdered Jesuits are often regarded as profoundly beloved figures who fearlessly offer comfort and help.
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2024
The incident occurred in the Tarahumara mountains of Chihuahua state, about 350 miles south of the Texas border.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2022
"Lorena Light-Footed Woman" follows Lorena Ramirez, a Mexican ultrarunner who lives in an indigenous community in the Tarahumara mountain range in Chihuahua, Mexico.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2020
Vocabularies of the Cahita, Opate, and Tarahumara; 200 words each.
From Catalogue Of Linguistic Manuscripts In The Library Of The Bureau Of Ethnology. (1881 N 01 / 1879-1880 (Pages 553-578)) by James Constantine Pilling
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