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chiricahua

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English

Syllables
chir-ic-ahua
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a particular Native American tribe.

name

The Apache language these people speak.

Etymology

Via Spanish Chiricahua, most likely from Opata chiguicagui (“mountain of the wild turkey”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Chiricahua, chiguicagui

Inflected Forms

Chiricahuas (plural)

Derived Forms

Chiricahuan

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Chiricahua terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Chiricahua terms

Questions

What does chiricahua mean?
A member of a particular Native American tribe.
Where does chiricahua come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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