Hia C-ed O'odham en · NOUN
Etymology
From O'odham hia (“sand”) + -c'eḑ (“locative suffix”) + o'odham (“people”), thus "sand people".
Meanings
- (plural, plural-only) 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.
Relateds
Pima · Papago · Wiktionary’s coverage of O'odham terms