JICARILLA


Meaning of JICARILLA in English

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

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.