Yaqui

[ yah-kee ]

/ ˈyɑ ki /

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noun, plural Ya·quis, (especially collectively) Ya·qui for 1.

Also called Yo·em·e [yoh-em-ey] /yoʊˈɛm eɪ/ . a member of an Indigenous people of Sonora, Mexico, now living also in other parts of northwestern Mexico and in Arizona and Texas.

Also called Yo·em No·ki [yoh-em noh-kee] /ˈyoʊ ɛm ˈnoʊ ki/ . the Uto-Aztecan language of the Yaqui.

a river in northwestern Mexico, flowing into the Gulf of California. 420 miles (676 kilometers) long.

adjective

of or relating to the Yaqui or their language.

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Origin of Yaqui

First recorded in 1860–65; from Mexican Spanish, from earlier Hiaquis (plural), from Yaqui hiaki, hiyaki “the Yaqui River”

Words nearby Yaqui

yap, yapok, yapon, yapp, Yapurá, Yaqui, yarak, Yarborough, yarco, yard, yardage

How to use Yaqui in a sentence

The tribes were already very numerous, including that of the Yaqui (Nahuas).
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5|Hubert Howe Bancroft
The Mayo and Yaqui valleys were now made a separate rectorate.
The Colonization of North America|Herbert Eugene Bolton
He was down in the Yaqui River country in Mexico, where heavy construction work was under way.
The Modern Railroad|Edward Hungerford
At last we entered hilly country and the streams pushed with rapidity, flowing to the Yaqui, flowing to the sea.
1492|Mary Johnston

Turning back along the eastern slope of the Sierras, he recrossed them, with terrible hardship, into the lower Yaqui valley.
The Colonization of North America|Herbert Eugene Bolton

British Dictionary definitions for Yaqui

Yaqui

/ (Spanish ˈjaki) /

noun

a river in NW Mexico, rising near the border with the US and flowing south to the Gulf of California. Length: about 676 km (420 miles)

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