Meanings
pima1
- uncountableA soft form of cotton having long fibres (Gossypium barbadense)
A svelte pima tank top with little buttons down the back is $118.
2009 March 12, Cintra Wilson, “Rosie the Riveter in a Pocket T”, in New York Times
Pima2
plural Pimas
- A member of a group of American Indians living in an area consisting of what is now central and southern Arizona (USA) and Sonora (Mexico).
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 24Synonyms: Akimel O'odham
- The dialect of O'odham spoken by the Pima
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA member of a group of American Indians living in an area consisting of what is now central and southern Arizona (USA) and Sonora (Mexico).
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nounthe Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Pima
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Origin
Named in honor of the Pima Indians, who helped raise the cotton on USDA experimental farms in Arizona in the early 1900s.
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pima. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pima
“pima.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pima. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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