Hopi
WordNet
noun
(1) The Shoshonean language spoken by the Hopi
(2) A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona
WiktionaryText
Etymology
. Popularized by J. Walter Fewkes as a replacement for the previously used and offensive name Moqui which sounds like Hopi móóki "dies, be dead".
Proper noun
- A tribe of North American natives.
- The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by this North American native American tribe.