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Maricopa

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: M EH2 R IH0 K OW1 P AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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name

Meaning 1

A city in Pinal County, Arizona, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 2

A city in Kern County, California.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 3

A member of a Native American people belonging to the Yuman linguistic stock, a part of the Hokan family. They originate in the Colorado River area, but following an exodus in the 1700s or 1800s, they live amongst the Pima in the vicinity of the Gila and Salt Rivers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

the Yuman language spoken by the Maricopa and the Halchidhoma

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: Yuman

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noun

Meaning 5

a member of a North American Indian people of the Gila river valley in Arizona

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: Hokan, Hoka

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, of uncertain origin.