PIMA

Pima

(noun) the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Pima

Pima

(noun) a member of the North American Indian people living in southern Arizona and northern Mexico

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Named in honor of the Pima Indians, who helped raise the cotton on USDA experimental farms in Arizona in the early 1900s.

Noun

pima (uncountable)

A soft form of cotton having long fibres (Gossypium barbadense)

Anagrams

• IMAP, IPMA

Etymology

Noun

Pima (plural Pima or Pimas)

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).

Synonyms

• Akimel O'odham

Proper noun

Pima

The dialect of O'odham spoken by the Pima

Anagrams

• IMAP, IPMA

Source: Wiktionary



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