Definitions

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  • noun a member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona
  • noun the Yuman language spoken by the Walapai

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Examples

  • Fortunately, that summer a teaching job opened up in Peach Springs, a tiny town on a Walapai reservation about sixty-five miles from the ranch.

    Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

  • It was down off the plateau, between the Peacock and the Walapai mountains, the range dotted by chaparral.

    Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

  • Fortunately, that summer a teaching job opened up in Peach Springs, a tiny town on a Walapai reservation about sixty-five miles from the ranch.

    Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

  • There were also the Yavapai, the Sun People, and the Walapai, the Tall Pine People.

    Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

  • One day I stopped by the house of one of my Walapai students, and they were cooking up beef with little bugs crawling in it.

    Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

  • There were also the Yavapai, the Sun People, and the Walapai, the Tall Pine People.

    Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

  • One day I stopped by the house of one of my Walapai students, and they were cooking up beef with little bugs crawling in it.

    Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

  • Fortunately, that summer a teaching job opened up in Peach Springs, a tiny town on a Walapai reservation about sixty-five miles from the ranch.

    Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

  • It was down off the plateau, between the Peacock and the Walapai mountains, the range dotted by chaparral.

    Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

  • It was down off the plateau, between the Peacock and the Walapai mountains, the range dotted by chaparral.

    Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

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