Pronunciation: ˌ h ō -h ō - ' käm
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Hohokam
Etymology: O'odham (Uto-Aztecan language of southern Arizona) huhugam, literally, those who have gone
Date: 1884
: a member of a prehistoric desert culture of the southwestern U.S. centering in the Gila Valley of Arizona and characterized especially by irrigated agriculture
– Hohokam adjective