Yavapai

American  

[yav-uh-pahy, yah-vuh-] / ˈjæv əˌpaɪ, ˈjɑ və- /

noun

• Yavapais,
  plural
• Yavapai
  plural

1. a member of a tribe of North American Indians who live in Arizona.

2. the Yuman language of the Yavapai.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Yavapai
  plural
• Yavapais
  plural

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Example Sentences

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Yavapai Yavapais

Yager died on July 31, 1951, according to Yavapai County officials, and now a discovery was bringing his story back to life 73 years later.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2024

If they followed the rules, they could see their baby three times a week, but they would have to do so in D.C.S.’s Yavapai County office.

From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said that Steven Jackson, 66, was drinking coffee in his yard near the Groom Creek area just south of Prescott when the male bear launched its surprise attack.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 18, 2023

Already, the Gila River Indian Community and the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation in metropolitan Phoenix have agreed to cut back their water use in exchange for tens of millions of dollars.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2023

I tried to get him th' other night in Yavapai.

From Bruce of the Circle A by Harold Titus

He then asked where we were from and where we were going, and informed us that they were Yavapais on a hunting expedition.

From Captured by the Navajos by Charles A. (Charles Albert) Curtis

The tribes residing in the Territory of Arizona are the Pimas and Maricopas, Papagoes, Mohaves, Moquis, and Orivas Pueblos, Yumas, Yavapais, Hualapais, and different bands of the Apaches.

From The Indian Question (1874) by Francis Amasa Walker

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