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单词 Chiricahua
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Definition of Chiricahua in US English:

Chiricahua

nounˌCHirəˈkäwəˌCHirəˈkäwə
  • 1A member of an Apache people, formerly located in southern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona, and northern Mexico, now living primarily in Oklahoma and New Mexico.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In this way, Chiricahua women have served as safe-keepers of a heritage that is now endangered.
    • Captain Thomas Roberts led an advance detachment that clashed with the Chiricahuas on July 15-16, 1862.
    • Upon their surrender, Geronimo and over 300 of his fellow Chiricahuas were shipped to Fort Marion, Florida.
    • The size of the award to the Chiricahuas nicely highlights the challenges associated with implementing the Act.
    • That number has been reduced to around 600 members of full Chiricahua descendance today.
    • In the 1980s about five hundred Chiricahua were living in Oklahoma and an indeterminate, but small number were living with Mescalero and Lipan Apache on the Mescalero Reservation.
    • Here, the true nature of the geology of the Chiricahuas is laid bare for visitors to observe and ponder.
    • Daklugie suffered all the ignominies heaped upon the Chiricahuas after they were exiled to Florida.
    • By 1883 the Chiricahuas referred to themselves as ‘Indeh’, or ‘The Dead’.
    • Among the Chiricahuas and the Western Apaches local groups comprised loose confederations called bands.
    • Mexican troops killed two of Mangas's sons as well as other Chiricahuas, and these deaths had to be avenged.
    • This site was called ‘The Land of the Standing-Up Rocks’ by the Chiricahua Apaches.
    • 1890 - Crook, working for better treatment for the Chiricahuas, visited them at Mount Vernon, Alabama.
    • For further information regarding the dealings of the Chiricahua with the Government, see Apache.
  • 2The Athabaskan language of the Chiricahua.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When I was in sheep camp, I listened closely and it seemed to me that it was talking the Chiricahua language.
    • Many of the stories appearing in this volume were recorded and transcribed in the Chiricahua language by Harry Hoijer, a noted linguist who studied southern Athapaskan languages.
    • Only 300 people are still fluent in the Chiricahua language.
adjectiveˌCHirəˈkäwəˌCHirəˈkäwə
  • Relating to the Chiricahua or their language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In his context, modern Chiricahua settlement patterns now indicate a reassertion of traditional Chiricahua spatial patterns.
    • Also they are reaching out to the non-Indian community to educate them about Chiricahua philosophy.

Definition of Chiricahua in US English:

Chiricahua

nounˌCHirəˈkäwə
  • 1A member of an Apache people, formerly located in southern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona, and northern Mexico, now living primarily in Oklahoma and New Mexico.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Upon their surrender, Geronimo and over 300 of his fellow Chiricahuas were shipped to Fort Marion, Florida.
    • 1890 - Crook, working for better treatment for the Chiricahuas, visited them at Mount Vernon, Alabama.
    • Here, the true nature of the geology of the Chiricahuas is laid bare for visitors to observe and ponder.
    • In the 1980s about five hundred Chiricahua were living in Oklahoma and an indeterminate, but small number were living with Mescalero and Lipan Apache on the Mescalero Reservation.
    • For further information regarding the dealings of the Chiricahua with the Government, see Apache.
    • In this way, Chiricahua women have served as safe-keepers of a heritage that is now endangered.
    • Captain Thomas Roberts led an advance detachment that clashed with the Chiricahuas on July 15-16, 1862.
    • That number has been reduced to around 600 members of full Chiricahua descendance today.
    • Daklugie suffered all the ignominies heaped upon the Chiricahuas after they were exiled to Florida.
    • Mexican troops killed two of Mangas's sons as well as other Chiricahuas, and these deaths had to be avenged.
    • By 1883 the Chiricahuas referred to themselves as ‘Indeh’, or ‘The Dead’.
    • The size of the award to the Chiricahuas nicely highlights the challenges associated with implementing the Act.
    • Among the Chiricahuas and the Western Apaches local groups comprised loose confederations called bands.
    • This site was called ‘The Land of the Standing-Up Rocks’ by the Chiricahua Apaches.
  • 2The Athabaskan language of the Chiricahua.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many of the stories appearing in this volume were recorded and transcribed in the Chiricahua language by Harry Hoijer, a noted linguist who studied southern Athapaskan languages.
    • Only 300 people are still fluent in the Chiricahua language.
    • When I was in sheep camp, I listened closely and it seemed to me that it was talking the Chiricahua language.
adjectiveˌCHirəˈkäwə
  • Relating to the Chiricahua or their language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In his context, modern Chiricahua settlement patterns now indicate a reassertion of traditional Chiricahua spatial patterns.
    • Also they are reaching out to the non-Indian community to educate them about Chiricahua philosophy.
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