Tonto
noun
a federally recognized tribe of Apache people of Arizona.
Tonto
1 American
[tahn-toh]
/ ˈtɑn toʊ /
noun
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Tontos
plural
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a federally recognized tribe of Apache people of Arizona.
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the Apache language of a federally recognized tribe of Arizona.
tonto
2
American
[tahn-toh]
/ ˈtɑn toʊ /
noun
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tontos
plural
adjective
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The pair devised an instrument they called Tonto, a 12-foot-long collection of synthesizer modules connected by cables—“the finest of Rube Goldberg machines.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
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
“Given current drought conditions and the ‘very high’ fire danger level, it is too risky for these activities,” said Taiga Rohrer, fire management officer for the Tonto National Forest.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 30, 2022
When The Lone Ranger came to television, she would watch it just to see Jay Silverheels, the actor who played Tonto.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
The event is so important in the family’s routine that they can’t imagine a time when there would no tonto to sell.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
This is partly because the retail price of tonto has been largely static over the decades, while the process of brewing it has become more cumbersome.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
And because tonto production takes place outside official purview, authorities are unable to collect revenue from its sale.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
"I certainly think he has gone full tonto," Wallace said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 25, 2022
"Stop it, tonto, stop it!" she exclaimed, in embarrassment, tearing herself from his hands and starting to run.
From Maximina by Armando Palacio Valdés
"And now Willett has lost his, and presumably the Tontos, or perhaps the Apache-Mohaves, have got it!"
From Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War by Charles J. Post
Could he mean that they who killed Bennett were hostile Tontos, and that these who bore the poor widowed creature were of the Mohave blood?
From Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War by Charles J. Post
And now, through the glasses, Pike could see the Tontos gathered on the low hillock which had been the western limit of his morning ride.
From Sunset Pass or Running the Gauntlet Through Apache Land by Charles King
Once, when scaling the Black Mesa toward this very Snow Lake, they had whimpered and begged to be sent home, declaring no enemy was there in hiding, when the peaks were found alive with Tontos.
From An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier by Frederic Remington
The renegades of northern Arizona in the earliest of the seventies were mainly Tontos, but many a young brave of the Apache Mohave tribe had cast his lot with them.
From Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War by Charles J. Post
I started up, willing to observe whatever might be visible, or have the satisfaction of showing them what tontos they were.
From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Martin Hume
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