Papago
See also: papago
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Pápago, itself from O'odham Ba꞉bawĭkoʼa (“they eat tepary beans”).
Noun
Papago (plural Papagos or Papago)
- (historical) A Uto-Aztecan people of southern Arizona and Sonora in northern Mexico. Today they are known as the Tohono O'odham ("the Desert People").
See also
- Pima
- Wiktionary’s coverage of O'odham terms
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Papago, ood