Hopi

noun

Ho·​pi ˈhō-(ˌ)pē How to pronounce Hopi (audio)
1
plural Hopi or Hopis : a member of an Indigenous people of northeastern Arizona
2
: the Uto-Aztecan language of the Hopi people

Examples of Hopi in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The deal also includes terms for water in five washes shared by the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe. Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024 In the years since, it's developed an Indigenous workforce that has installed 2.5-kilowatt off-grid solar and battery storage systems in 72 homes across the Hopi and Navajo Nations. The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024 Thirty-one years later, she’s wielded a lifetime of experience into one of the finest venues for patronizing the pottery of 19 Pueblos in New Mexico, as well as the communities of the Navajo, Hopi, Wyandot, and Apache. Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 The bolo tie can be traced back to the 1930s, when Zuni, Hopi, and Navajo men often wore bandanas around their necks, sometimes held together by a string, popularizing the look. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2024 The Field Museum plans to consult with several regional tribes — including the Hopi — on the bowl’s significance. Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024 That includes large objects, like the birchbark canoe of Menominee origin in the Hall of Eastern Woodlands, and smaller ones, including darts that date as far back as 10,000 B.C. and a Hopi Katsina doll from what is now Arizona. Zachary Small, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024 So, some Native nations such as the Hopi are taking the matter into their own hands by building their own networks to provide high-speed internet. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024 In 2015, a coalition of five tribes — Hopi, Navajo, Uintah and Ouray Ute, Ute Mountain Ute and Zuni — sent a letter to then-President Obama proposing the creation of the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah on land known as the Colorado Plateau. Jack Herrera, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Hopi hópi, literally, good, peaceful

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Hopi was in 1877

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“Hopi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hopi. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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Hopi

noun
Ho·​pi ˈhō-pē How to pronounce Hopi (audio)
plural Hopi or Hopis
: a member of an American Indian people of northeastern Arizona

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