ANASAZI

Meaning of ANASAZI in English

n. member of an ancient native American Indian people who inhibited the southwest USA

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

ANASAZI — noun (plural ~) Etymology: Navajo anaasází, literally, enemy ancestors Date: 1938 a prehistoric American Indian inhabitant of the canyons of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ANASAZI — I. ˌänəˈsäzē, ˌan- noun ( plural anasazi or anasazis ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Navaho 'a-naa-sází alien ancient one : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANASAZI — /ah'neuh sah"zee/ , n. , pl. Anasazis , ( esp. collectively ) Anasazi for 2. 1. a Basket Maker-Pueblo culture …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ANASAZI — noun ( plural Anasazi ) Etymology: Navajo anaasází, literally, enemy ancestors Date: 1938 : a prehistoric American Indian inhabitant of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ANASAZI — [ ˌanə'sα:zi ] ■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) a member of an ancient American Indian people of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ANASAZI — [An.a.sa.zi] n, pl Anasazi [Navajo anaasazi, lit., enemy ancestors] (1938): a prehistoric American Indian inhabitant of the canyons of northern …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ANASAZI — n. Pronunciation: ˌ ä-n ə - ' sä-z ē Function: noun Inflected Form: plural Anasazi Etymology: Navajo anaasází, literally, enemy …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ANASAZI CULTURE — North American Indian civilization that developed from с AD 100 to historic times, centring on the area where the present-day …
Английский словарь Британика
ANASAZI CULTURE — a North American civilization that developed from about AD 100 to modern times, centring generally on the area where the …
Britannica English vocabulary
ANASAZI CULTURE — North American Indian civilization that developed from 0441; AD 100 to historic times, centring on the area where the present-day …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
NAVAJO NATIONAL MONUMENT — National monument, northern Arizona, U.S. Covering 360 acres (146 hectares), it comprises three historic cliff dwellings: Betatakin (Navajo: "Ledge House"), …
Английский словарь Британика
MOGOLLON CULTURE — Complex of North American Indians who lived in what is now southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, U.S., с 200 …
Английский словарь Британика
HOPI — North American Indian people constituting the westernmost group of Pueblo Indian s. Most live on reservation lands in northeastern Arizona, …
Английский словарь Британика
GRAND STAIRCASE–ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT — National preserve, southern Utah, U.S. Created a national monument in 1996, it covers 1. 7 million acres (0.7 million hectares). …
Английский словарь Британика
CULTURE — I Integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behaviour that is both a result of and integral to the human …
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ARIZONA — State (pop., 2000: 5,130,632), southwestern U.S. Bordered by Mexico and the U.S. states of Utah, New Mexico, California, and Nevada, …
Английский словарь Британика
AMERICAN INDIAN — or Native American or Amerindian Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of …
Английский словарь Британика
PUEBLO — I. p(y)üˈe(ˌ)blō, ˈpwe(ˌ)- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish, people, village, from Latin populus people — more at people 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLATEAU — I. (ˈ)pla|tō sometimes pləˈt- noun ( plural plateaus or plateaux -ōz) Etymology: French, from Middle French, from plat flat — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SALADO — səˈlä(ˌ)dō adjective also sa·la·do·an -ädəwən Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: salado from Salado, an ancient Indian people of Arizona, from Spanish, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MIMBRES — ˈmimbrə̇s adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Mimbres river, southwestern New Mexico : of or belonging to a culture in southern …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KAYENTA — kīˈ(y)entə adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Kayenta, village in northeastern Arizona, where remains of the culture were found : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOHOKAM — ˈhōhōˌkäm, hōˈhōkəm adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Pima húhukamJ ancient one : of or belonging to a prehistoric desert culture …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GALLINA — gəˈlēnə, gīˈēnə adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Gallina, N.M. : of or relating to an ancient culture in New …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CORRUGATED POTTERY — noun : coil pottery usually with indentations on the surface of the coils typical of modified Basket Maker culture and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLIFF DWELLER — noun 1. often capitalized C&D a. : one of the people of the Anasazi culture of the American southwest who …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOHOKAM — /heuh hoh"keuhm/ , adj. 1. of, belonging to, or characteristic of an American Indian culture of the central and southern …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUEBLO INDIANS — n. tribes of native American Indians (of Anasazi ancestry) who built towns and now are constricted to New Mexico and …
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POTTERY — one of the oldest and most widespread of the decorative arts, consisting of objects made of clay and hardened with …
Britannica English vocabulary
PUEBLO INDIANS — the historic descendants of the prehistoric Anasazi peoples (see Anasazi culture) who live in several locations in northeastern Arizona and …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOGOLLON CULTURE — culture of a group of North American Indians who, between about 200 BC and AD 1200, lived in the mostly …
Britannica English vocabulary
MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK — national park in southwestern Colorado, U.S., established in 1906 to preserve notable prehistoric cliff dwellings; it was designated a World …
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