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Hualpai

Hualpai

9.9
A Native American person from the group living in the Colorado River valley of northwestern Arizona
  • noun
  • /ˈhwɑːlpaɪ/
translation icon : Hualpai
  • The Hualpai traditionally lived in the arid Colorado River valley of Arizona.

Examples

  • Tourists can visit the Hualpai reservation to learn about their culture and customs.

  • The Hualpai people have a rich cultural heritage.

  • A group of Hualpai elders shared their history with local students.

  • Many Hualpais still practice traditional crafts today.

  • A group of Hualpai elders shared their history with local students.

  • The Hualpai traditionally lived in the arid Colorado River valley of Arizona.

  • Tourists can visit the Hualpai reservation to learn about their culture and customs.

Synonyms

Hualapai
vsHualpai
9.9

A person from a Native American people near the Grand Canyon in northwest Arizona

uses wording that emphasizes original habitation rather than simple indigenous origin
Walapai
vsHualpai
9.9

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

uses a different standard name spelling

Compounds

Hualpai language
9.9

A language the Hualapai people speak in northwestern Arizona in the United States

Surface Forms

Hualpai singular
Hualpais plural

Etymology

Hualpai comes from the tribe's own Native American name, often written as Walapai, and is often said to mean 'people of the pines', so the word names the group of people from the Colorado River area of Arizona.