Moqui
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An old name used for the Hopi people in the American Southwest
- proper noun
- Archaic
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Moqui
- While surveying in the 1950s, archaeologists found that Moqui Canyon had one of the greatest concentrations of Anasazi ruins.
- Moqui Canyon
Examples
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The pahos represent the Moqui Hopi people and the President, respectively.
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The pahos represent the Moqui Hopi people and the President, respectively," Schoolcraft wrote; "the cord is the road which separates them; the bunch of feathers tied to the cord is the meeting point."
Academic text (2004) -
I learned about the rich culture and traditions of the Moqui, an indigenous group from the southwestern United States.
Synonyms
Hopi
vsMoqui
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A member of a Native American people who live mainly in northeastern Arizona
is an older term for that same group now rarely used
Surface Forms
Moqui main
Etymology
Moqui was once used by early explorers to mean the 'Hopi' people; it is an older name that is now seen as outdated, which is why most people today use 'Hopi' instead.