Pima

See also: pima

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpimə/
• Rhymes: -iːmə

Noun

Pima (plural Pima or Pimas)

1. 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).
   • 1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 24:

     In the valley of the Gila and on its tributaries from the northeast are the Pimas, Maricopas, and Papagos.

Synonyms

• Akimel O'odham

Derived terms

• pima

Derived terms

• Pima Bajo
• Pima County
• Piman

Proper noun

Pima

1. The dialect of O'odham spoken by the Pima

Anagrams

• IMAP, IPMA