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Definition of Maricopa

1. Noun. A member of a North American Indian people of the Gila river valley in Arizona.

2. Noun. The Yuman language spoken by the Maricopa and the Halchidhoma.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Maricopa

mariachis Marian Marianas Mariana Islands Marianne Craig Moore Marianne Moore Marian Anderson marian lithotomy Maria Callas Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Cherubini

Maria Magdalene von Losch Maria Meneghini Callas Maria Mitchell Maria Montesorri Maria Tallchief Maricopa mariculture mariculture maricultures mariculturist

mariculturists marid marids Marie's ataxia Marie's disease Marie-Robinson syndrome Marie-Strumpell disease Marie-Strumpell disease Mariehamn maries

Literary usage of Maricopa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico by John Russell Bartlett (1854)
"Visit from the Coco-maricopa Indians—Camp removed to the banks of the ... Oatman family—Francisco, the maricopa interpreter—Feeding the tribe—Visit from the ..."

2. Multijurisdictional Drug Law Enforcement Strategies: Reducing Supply And Demand (1993)
"maricopa County maricopa County is a thriving sun-belt region that includes Phoenix and stretches to its west and north. Phoenix is the largest state ..."

3. History of Arizona and New Mexico, 1530-1888 by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Henry Lebbeus Oak (1889)
"Council, Yavapai, JP Hargrave, AO Noyes; Y. and maricopa, KS Woolsey; Yuma, ... Henry, Thos Stonehouse, Henry Wickenberg; maricopa, GH Oury; Yuma, ..."

4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"... acequia» on the south bide of Salt rivel in maricopa County ; to punish the unlawful ... a Territorial Normal School at Tempe, maricopa County. ..."

5. The Ore Deposits of the United States and Canada by James Furman Kemp (1900)
"maricopa County contains both Paleozoic and Archean exposures. ... Final County adjoins maricopa on the south and contains a number of important mines. ..."

6. Dedicated Computer Crime Units by J. Thomas McEwen (1988)
"maricopa County, Arizona Sheriffs Office Technical Crimes Investigation Unit The ... In, they established a bulletin board, called the maricopa County ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"About 200 miles from the Colorado is the reservation of the maricopa and Pima Indians. Ancient ruins are numerous on the banks, bearing mute witness in part ..."

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