tonto

¹ American  

[tahn-toh] / ˈtɑn toʊ /

noun

plural

tontos

1. a foolish or silly person.

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adjective

1. British. foolish; strange; crazy.

Tonto ² American  

[tahn-toh] / ˈtɑn toʊ /

noun

plural

Tontos

1. a federally recognized tribe of Apache people of Arizona.

2. the Apache language of a federally recognized tribe of Arizona.

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Example Sentences

As proposed, the mine would turn Oak Flat — a long-preserved site of rocky outcroppings and desert waterways on the edge of the Tonto National Forest — into a nearly two-mile-wide, 1,000-foot-deep industrial crater.

From Los Angeles Times

Oak Flat, on the edge of the Tonto National Forest about an hour outside Phoenix and not far from the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, is used by the Apache for sweats and for coming-of-age ceremonies known as Sunrise Dances, where young girls are ushered into womanhood.

From Los Angeles Times

She made her feature film debut in 1984 with “No vale nada la vida” and more recently starred in the TV series “Vencer la Culpa” and “Vecinos” and in a few episodes of “Quiéreme Tonto.”

From Los Angeles Times

Van der Werf said that she was denied entry at the Tonto National Monument, Saguaro National Park and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona, according to the lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times

The group said Oak Flat — on the edge of the Tonto National Forest outside Phoenix, not far from the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation — is a unique and biodiverse archaeological site used for religious ceremonies they cannot hold anywhere else.

From Los Angeles Times