Jicarilla

noun

Ji·​ca·​ri·​lla ˌhē-kə-ˈrē-yə 

plural Jicarilla or Jicarillas

1

: a member of an Apache people originally of southeastern Colorado, northern New Mexico, and adjacent areas and now living chiefly in northern New Mexico

2

: the language of the Jicarilla people

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish apaches de la xicarilla, literally, gourd-cup Apaches, from Cerro de la Xicarilla, literally, gourd-cup peak, unidentified mountain in Jicarilla territory

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Jicarilla

• potentilla
• premaxilla
• pulsatilla
• axilla
• flotilla
• gorilla
• guerilla
• guerrilla
• manilla
• mantilla
• maxilla
• mesilla