Hopi
English
Etymology 1
From Hopi hopi (“Hopi, good in every respect, be wise or knowing”) (as in Hopituu sinom "Hopi people"). Popularized by J. Walter Fewkes as a replacement for the previously used and offensive name Moqui which sounds like Hopi mooki dies, be dead.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhəʊ.pi/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊ.pi/
- Rhymes: -əʊpi
- Hyphenation: ho‧pi
Noun
Hopi (plural Hopis or Hopi)
- A member of a particular tribe of North American natives.
Derived terms
Translations
- Note: These are translations for the plural.
tribe
Proper noun
Hopi
- The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by this North American tribe.
Translations
Hopi language
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Hopi, hop
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Hopi
- Alternative form of Hebi.
- 1972, Theodore Shabad, “The North China Plain”, in China's Changing Map[2], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 119:
- Two other major coal-mining centers, each producing coking-grade bituminous coal, have been developed in Honan since the late 1950's. Hopi, in northernmost Honan, arose in 1957 on the site of a small, primitive operation in a deposit of lean coal, low in volatile content. A city was established in that year, and the mining complex was linked by a 12-mile rail spur with Tangyin, on the main Peking-Hankow line.
- 1975 June 17, Walter Sullivan, “CHINA STUDY LINKS CANCER TO REGION”, in The New York Times[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 October 2023, page 66[4]:
- Death certificates were tabulated to map morality from esophageal cancer in the 181 counties and cities of the survey. The counties with the highest incidences were Yangcheng and Hopi with rates, respectively, of 135 and 140 per 100,000. By contrast, in Hunyuan County the rate was under 2 per 100,000.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hopi.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h)IPA(key): /ɔ.pi/
Noun
Hopi m or f by sense (plural Hopis)
- Hopi person
Related terms
See also
- Anasazi
- Hopis on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr