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Yaqui

Yaqui

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A member of a native people from northern Mexico and Arizona
  • proper noun
  • /ˈjɑːki/
translation icon : yaqui
  • My granddaddy was a full-blooded Yaqui Indian.
  • Pascua Yaqui

Examples

  • I grew up right next to the Yaqui reservation.

  • In the Yaqui culture, the deer is surrounded by flowers in a rainbow-colored heavenly place of peace.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Ten days ago, we came across a Yaqui village.

    Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)

  • I grew up right next to the Yaqui reservation.

  • They are Yaqui, not Apache.

    Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)

  • The pair of twins we get to know better are Lecha and Zeta, part Yaqui sisters who reside on a private ranch outside of Tucson.

    Academic text (1999)

  • He had the high cheekbones of the Yaqui, the vermillion smear of Indian blood reddening his dark skin.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The last major act of redistribution in Sonora was in the Yaqui River region, completed under President Echeverría (1970-1976).

    Academic text (2008)

  • Ten days ago, we came across a Yaqui village.

  • My granddaddy was a full-blooded Yaqui Indian.

Surface Forms

Yaqui main

Etymology

Yaqui comes from the name of the people who live along the Yaqui River in northern Mexico. English borrowed the name from Spanish, so a Yaqui is a member of that indigenous 'people'.