Chiricahua
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- proper noun
- /ˌtʃɪrɪˈkɑːwə/
- During the 19th century, the Chiricahua Apache faced significant challenges from U.S. expansion.
- Chiricahua Apache
- Chiricahua band
- Chiricahua ancestral homeland
Examples
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Nevertheless, Chiricahua Apache were part of this borderland before it was either Mexico or the United States.
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Following Geronimo's surrender in 1886, the U.S. government uprooted the Chiricahua Apache from their borderland homeland.
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A few days back, some Chiricahua showed up near here.
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The army is the best friend the Chiricahua ever had.
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Chiricahua value family very highly.
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In time, the U.S. government removed the Chiricahua Apache from their reservation and other lands.
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Geronimo and his tiny band of Chiricahua had vanished deep into the mountains of Mexico.
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The Chiricahua Apache are beginning to assert a historic claim to territory situated in the borderland.
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The Chiricahua are known for their rich cultural traditions and history.
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Many visitors to the region appreciate the landscapes that hold significance for the Chiricahua people.
Synonyms
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A person whose family lived in North or South America before Europeans arrived
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A Native American people from the southwestern United States and Mexico who fought to keep their land in the 1800s
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A member of a Native American people from the American Southwest, especially Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
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A Native American people of the southwestern United States who live in villages made of adobe and stone
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Relating to the native people and their culture in northern Mexico and Arizona
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A person from a Native group on the southern California coast
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A person who belongs to an Apache people from northern New Mexico and southern Colorado
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A person from a Native American people near the Grand Canyon in northwest Arizona
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A group of Native American people from southern California and the language they speak
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A Native American people from the southwestern United States or their language
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A person from a Native American people living along the Gila River in Arizona
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A person from a Native American group near the lower Colorado River
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A person from a Native American group near the mouth of the Colorado River in the United States and Mexico
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A Native American people or their language from the Mojave Desert
A Native American person from the group living in the Colorado River valley of northwestern Arizona
A person from a Native American tribe in southern California or their language
Compounds
A Native American language that Chiricahua people speak in New Mexico and Oklahoma
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chiricahua is the name of a Native American people and the area where they live; Spanish settlers used the same name for the nearby mountains, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of 'people of the mountain', which links the name to the land and its people.