ˌhēkəˈrē(y)ə noun
( plural jicarilla or jicarillas )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Spanish, from Mexican Spanish, little basket, diminutive of jícara; from the proficiency of the women in basketmaking
1.
a. : an Apache people of the western group ranging through southeastern Colorado, northern New Mexico, and adjacent sections of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas
b. : a member of such people
2. : the language of the Jicarilla people