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Hohokam

(Encyclopedia)Hohokam h´hkm, hh´km [key], term denoting the culture of the ancient agricultural populations inhabiting the Salt and Gila river valleys of S Arizona (AD 300–1200). They are noted fo...

Tohono O'Odham

(Encyclopedia)Tohono O'Odham th´n -´dm [key] or Papagopp´g, p [key], Native North Americans speaking a language that belongs to the Uto-Aztecan branch of the Aztec-Tanoan linguistic st...

Pima

(Encyclopedia)Pima p´m [key], Native North American tribe of S Arizona. They speak the Pima language of the Uto-Aztecan branch of the Aztec-Tanoan linguistic family (see Native American languages). There are t...

Arizona

(Encyclopedia)Arizona ârz´n [key], state in the SW United States. It is bordered by Utah (N), New Mexico (E), Mexico (S), and, largely across the Colorado River, Nevada and California (W); it touches Colo...
 

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