name
Meaning 1
The dialect of O'odham spoken by the Pima
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Pima
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈpimə/
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rhymes with -iːmə
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CMU ARPABET: P IY1 M AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A member of a group of American Indians living in an area consisting of what is now central and southern Arizona (USA) and Sonora (Mexico).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A soft form of cotton having long fibres (Gossypium barbadense)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Pima
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Uto-Aztecan, Uto-Aztecan language
noun
Meaning 5
a member of the North American Indian people living in southern Arizona and northern Mexico
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Plains Indian, Buffalo Indian
History
Etymology
Named in honor of the Pima Indians, who helped raise the cotton on USDA experimental farms in Arizona in the early 1900s.