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    Tonto
    noun
    a federally recognized tribe of Apache people of Arizona.
  • tonto
    tonto
    noun
    a foolish or silly person.

Tonto

1 American  
[tahn-toh] / ˈtɑn toʊ /

noun

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

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


tonto 2 American  
[tahn-toh] / ˈtɑn toʊ /

noun

tontos plural
  1. a foolish or silly person.


adjective

  1. British. foolish; strange; crazy.

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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 • Mar. 20, 2024

Gila County authorities said search and rescue crews were dispatched Wednesday morning after county authorities received a 911 call about a pickup truck found in Tonto Creek.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2023

A 2,400-acre tract of Tonto National Forest, which includes Oak Flat, would be exchanged for parcels controlled by Resolution within 60 days after a regulatory process concluded.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2023

Harry Smith, you probably know him as Tonto in "Lone Ranger" series, he lived in Los Angeles.

From Salon • Jul. 28, 2021

I think that as we listened to the William Tell Overture, we were supposed to be imagining the Lone Ranger and Tonto riding their horses through the desert.

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz

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