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Hualapai

Hualapai

9.9
A person from a Native American people near the Grand Canyon in northwest Arizona
  • noun
  • /ˈhwɑːləˌpaɪ/
translation icon : Hualapai
  • He is proud to be a Hualapai and works to preserve the language and customs.

Examples

  • The Hualapai have a reservation near the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

  • Several Hualapai elders attended the cultural festival to share their traditions.

  • The Hualapai people have a rich cultural heritage.

  • Many Hualapais still practice traditional crafts.

  • The Hualapai believe in the importance of storytelling as a way to pass down their history.

  • Many Hualapai children learn about their culture through community events and ceremonies.

  • The Hualapai work together to protect their ancestral lands from outside development.

Synonyms

Walapai
vsHualapai
9.9

A Native American people who live in the Colorado River valley in northwestern Arizona

is used for someone indigenous to that valley rather than a general resident
Hualpai
vsHualapai
9.9

A Native American person from the group living in the Colorado River valley of northwestern Arizona

emphasizes ongoing indigenous identity rather than historical original habitation

Compounds

Hualapai language
9.9

A Native American language spoken by Hualapai people in northwest Arizona

Surface Forms

Hualapai singular
Hualapais plural

Etymology

Hualapai comes from the tribe's own language and is the name they use for themselves, often said to mean 'people of the pines' or 'people of the high land'. So a Hualapai is a member of that Native American people from northwestern Arizona.