Etymology

Mogollon

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Today it means: A member of a pre-Columbian culture that existed from 300 CE to 1300 CE in the desert of present day Arizona. Full definition →

Spanish Mogollón
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromMogollón
  2. English todayMogollon

Borrowed from Spanish Mogollón. The culture's name derives from the Mogollon Mountains, in which they lived, which in turn were named after Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollon. The surname is mostly found in Venezuela.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.