Meanings
nounMaricopa (plural Maricopas or Maricopa)
plural Maricopas
- A member of a Native American people belonging to the Yuman linguistic stock, a part of the Hokan family. They originate in the Colorado River area, but following an exodus in the 1700s or 1800s, they live amongst the Pima in the vicinity of the Gila and Salt Rivers.
In the valley of the Gila and on its tributaries from the northeast are the Pimas, Maricopas, and Papagos.
1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 24
proper noun
- A city in Pinal County, Arizona, United States.
- A city in Kern County, California.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe Yuman language spoken by the Maricopa and the Halchidhoma
Similar
Maricopa language
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Borrowed from Spanish, of uncertain origin.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
Maricopa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maricopa
MLA
“Maricopa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maricopa. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Maricopa,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maricopa.
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