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From O'odham hia (“sand”) + -c'eḑ (“locative suffix”) + o'odham (“people”), thus "sand people".
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hia C-ed O'odham
Today it means: A group of Native Americans who reside primarily in the Sonoran Desert of southeastern Arizona and northwestern Mexico; closely related to the Tohono O'odham. Full definition →