Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A Native American culture flourishing from the 2nd century BC to the 13th century AD in southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico, especially noted for its development of pottery.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Mogollon, a town in west-central New Mexico where artifacts typical of the culture were excavated.]

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Examples

  • Chapter 14 a123 * 1 l13 Gruber, 159. 125 * 2 l12 Man of the Forest, 126. 125 * 3 l22 Z.g., not liking the pronunciation of "Mogollon," changed the name to "Tonto" Rim.

    Zane Grey, Romancing the West May, Stephen J. 1997

  • Kids get opportunity to gobble up the passion for hunting wild turkey Advice from wildlife managers on where to focus your hunting efforts Wild Turkey Federation, will be the featured instructor at the Mogollon Rim Camp.

    Get Your Hunting Camp Featured in F&S! 2009

  • The undergraduate student was driving around with no specific destination, Blair said, when she drove south from Winslow toward the Mogollon Rim – a prominent line of cliffs that divides the state's high country from the desert.

    Lauren Weinberg, Missing Arizona State Student Survived On Melted Snow, Candy Bars, After Being Stranded In Her Car For 10 Days 2011

  • In the southwest we are stunned by the huge abandoned buildings of Chaco, Canyon de Chelly, Mesa Verde, Comb Ridge and the Mogollon Rim.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • In the southwest we are stunned by the huge abandoned buildings of Chaco, Canyon de Chelly, Mesa Verde, Comb Ridge and the Mogollon Rim.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • Kids get opportunity to gobble up the passion for hunting wild turkey Advice from wildlife managers on where to focus your hunting efforts Wild Turkey Federation, will be the featured instructor at the Mogollon Rim Camp.

    Get Your Hunting Camp Featured in F&S! 2009

  • Kids get opportunity to gobble up the passion for hunting wild turkey Advice from wildlife managers on where to focus your hunting efforts Wild Turkey Federation, will be the featured instructor at the Mogollon Rim Camp.

    Get Your Hunting Camp Featured in F&S! 2009

  • It's mostly decomposed granite where I live (near the Mogollon Rim).

    Fun With Bait Collection 2009

  • Kids get opportunity to gobble up the passion for hunting wild turkey Advice from wildlife managers on where to focus your hunting efforts Wild Turkey Federation, will be the featured instructor at the Mogollon Rim Camp.

    Get Your Hunting Camp Featured in F&S! 2009

  • It's mostly decomposed granite where I live (near the Mogollon Rim).

    Fun With Bait Collection 2009

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