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单词 Jicarilla
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Definition of Jicarilla in English:

Jicarilla

nounPlural Jicarillas ˌhɪkəˈriːljə
  • 1A member of an Apache people of northern New Mexico.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Later materials include one rim sherd from a Jicarilla micaceous-ware vessel that dates to roughly A.D.1720-1750 and Euroamerican items.
    • My mother is half Puerto Rican - her father was born in San Juan Puerto Rico and her mother was born in Taos, New Mexico on the Jicarilla Apache reservation.
    • Nonetheless some Apaches, notably the Jicarillas, became friends and allies of the Spanish.
  • 2mass noun The Athabaskan language of the Jicarilla.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The last thousand speakers of Jicarilla Apache have such concern over the loss of their language that some are working with a University of New Mexico linguist to compile a dictionary.
    • The Southwestern Athapascan language has seven dialects: Navajo, Western Apache, Chiricahua, Mescalero, Jicarilla, Lipan, and Kiowa-Apache.
adjectiveˌhɪkəˈriːljə
  • Relating to the Jicarilla or their language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When the first Jicarilla tribal council was elected, ten of its 18 members were medicine men and five others were traditional leaders from chiefs' families.

Origin

Mexican Spanish: diminutive of jicara, the fruit of the calabash tree, from Nahuatl.

Definition of Jicarilla in US English:

Jicarilla

nounˌhēkəˈrēə
  • 1A member of an Apache people of northern New Mexico.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • My mother is half Puerto Rican - her father was born in San Juan Puerto Rico and her mother was born in Taos, New Mexico on the Jicarilla Apache reservation.
    • Later materials include one rim sherd from a Jicarilla micaceous-ware vessel that dates to roughly A.D.1720-1750 and Euroamerican items.
    • Nonetheless some Apaches, notably the Jicarillas, became friends and allies of the Spanish.
  • 2The Athabaskan language of the Jicarilla.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Southwestern Athapascan language has seven dialects: Navajo, Western Apache, Chiricahua, Mescalero, Jicarilla, Lipan, and Kiowa-Apache.
    • The last thousand speakers of Jicarilla Apache have such concern over the loss of their language that some are working with a University of New Mexico linguist to compile a dictionary.
adjectiveˌhēkəˈrēə
  • Relating to the Jicarilla or their language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When the first Jicarilla tribal council was elected, ten of its 18 members were medicine men and five others were traditional leaders from chiefs' families.

Origin

Mexican Spanish: diminutive of jicara, the fruit of the calabash tree, from Nahuatl.

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