Yavapai
Americannoun
-
Yavapais,
plural
-
Yavapai
plural
-
a member of a tribe of North American Indians who live in Arizona.
-
the Yuman language of the Yavapai.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Marine Corps captain, was 30 years old when his plane crashed during a military training exercise on July 31, 1951, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona said in a statement.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2024
After receiving a tip from the Ramapo team, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Department collected DNA samples from Yager’s daughter, which allowed Bode Technology in Lorton, Va., to verify the bone fragment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2024
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is scheduled to speak at an event at the Yavapai County Courthouse in Prescott, along with other dignitaries, where the local honor guard will ring 19 bell tolls.
From Seattle 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
One day the cattleman came from the hotel and crossed the street to the Yavapai saloon where a dozen men were assembled.
From Bruce of the Circle A by Harold Titus
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
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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
