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🪨 A round stone 🧑‍🌾 Old name for Hopi 🕳️ A tourist cave
Moqui

Moqui

9.9
A round hard rock made of iron-rich sandstone found on the Colorado Plateau
  • noun
  • /ˈmoʊki/
  • Specialized
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  • The museum displayed a large Moqui alongside other natural rock formations.

Examples

  • Many tourists collect a Moqui while exploring the Colorado Plateau's unique geology.

  • He kept a smooth Moqui as a curious souvenir from the desert.

  • Look at this Moqui!

  • What a beautiful Moqui!

  • Many tourists collect a Moqui while exploring the Colorado Plateau's unique geology.

  • He kept a smooth Moqui as a curious souvenir from the desert.

  • The museum displayed a large Moqui alongside other natural rock formations.

Surface Forms

Moqui singular
Moquis plural

Etymology

Moqui for the round stones comes from a Native American name for the local people and land; early settlers called the small 'marble' rocks they found there 'Moqui marbles', so the name now refers to those rounded rocks found on the Colorado Plateau.