Geronimo

36 9.9

An Apache leader who fought U.S. and Mexican forces and resisted being moved to reservations

proper noun
/dʒəˈrɒnɪmoʊ/

: Gerónimo

After years of conflict, Geronimo's legacy continued to inspire many Native Americans.
Apache Geronimo
Apache leader Geronimo
Geronimo's surrender

Examples

Some of the photographs used depicted famous Apache leaders: Chief Alchesay, Geronimo, and Mangas.

Academic text (2008)
Roberts, D. 1993. Once They Moved Like the Wind: Cochise, Geronimo, and the Apache Wars. New York: Touchstone.

Academic text (2012)
The novel revises versions of the capture of Geronimo, the spread of AIDS, Martin Luther King's assassination, and the so-called westward expansion.

Academic text (1999)
Following Geronimo's surrender in 1886, the U.S. government uprooted the Chiricahua Apache from their borderland homeland.

Academic text (2012)
In No One Catches the Wind, 1998, Poitras includes Geronimo's portrait by Curtis (Curtis 1972, 173) (Figure 2).

Academic text (2004)
Geronimo was a renowned Apache leader known for his fierce resistance against U.S. forces.
The legend of Geronimo highlights the struggle for Apache freedom and identity.

Surface Forms

Geronimo main

Etymology

Geronimo is the name people use for a famous Apache leader whose original Apache name was Goyaałé, meaning 'the one who yawns'. One popular story says Mexican soldiers began calling him Geronimo after shouting 'Geronimo' for help to Saint Jerome during a fight, and the Spanish name stuck. That's why Geronimo now brings to mind a brave, daring leader known for bold escapes and resistance.