[Ji.ca.ri.lla] n, pl Jicarilla or Jicarillas [AmerSp apaches de la xicarilla, lit., gourd-cup Apaches, fr. Cerro de la Xicarilla, lit., gourd-cup peak, unidentified mountain in Jicarilla territory] (1856) 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