Pronunciation: ˌ h ē -k ə - ' r ē -y ə
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Jicarilla or Jicarillas
Etymology: American Spanish apaches de la xicarilla, literally, gourd-cup Apaches, from Cerro de la Xicarilla, literally, gourd-cup peak, unidentified mountain in Jicarilla territory
Date: 1850
1 : a member of an Apache people orig. of southeastern Colorado, northern New Mexico, and adjacent areas and now living chiefly in northern New Mexico
2 : the language of the Jicarilla people