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Hopi

Hopi

8.0
A member of a Native American people who live mainly in northeastern Arizona
  • noun
  • /ˈhoʊpi/
translation icon : Hopi
  • Next question, I was wondering if you studied any matriarchal society, such as the American Hopi Indians.

the eldest elder of the Hopi who passed last year?

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Examples

  • We talked a little bit about Navajo and and Hopi religion.

  • My friend is a member of the Hopi, a Native American tribe from Arizona.

  • Is it the Hopi Indians again that Yeah, the Hopi.

  • the eldest elder of the Hopi who passed last year?

  • They had they had gone over into a Hopi land grazing area.

  • One of Quick, quick little my friend, my Hopi friend Raymond and I are hitchhiking from town out to where we live in the country, and we get picked up by this.

  • And these in the spiritual realms, the Hopi are very sacred beings that hold a certain coating and energetic.

  • The Hopi people are known for their unique cultural traditions and pottery.

  • During our visit to Arizona, we learned about the history of the Hopi Indians.

Synonyms

Pueblo
vsHopi
22 6.5

A Native American people of the southwestern United States who live in villages made of adobe and stone

is one specific tribe mainly living in northeastern Arizona
Moqui
vsHopi
  • Archaic
9.9

An old name used for the Hopi people in the American Southwest

is the current accepted name rather than the older term

Compounds

A language spoken by the Hopi people in northeastern Arizona

Surface Forms

Hopi singular
Hopi plural

Etymology

Hopi comes from the Hopi people's own language and means 'peaceful person' or 'people who live peacefully'. So calling someone Hopi uses the name they give themselves and points to their identity as a people of peace.