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papago

/pˈɑpəɡˌoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables
pa-pa-go
IPA
/pˈɑpəɡˌoʊ/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Uto-Aztecan people of southern Arizona and Sonora in northern Mexico. Today they are known as the Tohono O'odham ("the Desert People").

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Pápago, itself from O'odham Ba꞉bawĭkoʼa (“they eat tepary beans”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Pápago, Ba꞉bawĭkoʼa

Inflected Forms

Papagos (plural)

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of O'odham terms

Frequently Paired Words

Pima Wiktionary’s coverage of O'odham terms

Questions

How do you pronounce papago?
The recorded pronunciation is /pˈɑpəɡˌoʊ/.
What does papago mean?
A Uto-Aztecan people of southern Arizona and Sonora in northern Mexico. Today they are known as the Tohono O'odham ("the Desert People").
Where does papago come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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