JICARILLA


Meaning of JICARILLA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhē-kə-ˈrē-yə ]

noun

( 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 originally 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's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.