ANASAZI

Meaning of ANASAZI in English

noun (plural ~) Etymology: Navajo anaasází, literally, enemy ancestors Date: 1938 a prehistoric American Indian inhabitant of the canyons of northern Arizona and New Mexico and southwestern Colorado

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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 — n. member of an ancient native American Indian people who inhibited the southwest USA
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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 …
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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 …
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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"), …
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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). …
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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, …
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AMERICAN INDIAN — or Native American or Amerindian Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of …
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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 …
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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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