Yaqui

noun

Ya·​qui ˈyä-kē 

1

plural Yaqui also Yaquis : a member of an Indigenous people originally of southern Sonora, Mexico and now residing mainly in Sonora and southern Arizona

2

: the Uto-Aztecan language of the Yaqui people

Word History

Etymology

Mexican Spanish, alteration of earlier hiaqui, probably from Yaqui hiyaki, the Yaqui River

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Geographical Definition

Yaquí

geographical name

Ya·​quí yä-ˈkē 

river 420 miles (676 kilometers) long in the state of Sonora, northwestern Mexico, flowing southwest into the Gulf of California