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Cahita

noun
Ca·hi·ta | \ kəˈhētə \
plural Cahita or Cahitas

Definition of Cahita 

1a : a Taracahitian people of southwestern Sonora and northwestern Sinaloa, Mexico, the only survivors being the Mayo and Yaqui

b : a member of such people

2 : the language of the Cahita people

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History and Etymology for Cahita

Spanish, probably from Cahita, literally, nothing

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