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Tohono O'odham

noun To·ho·no O'odham \ tō-ˈhō-nō- \

Definition of Tohono O'odham

plural Tohono O'odham
: a member of an American Indian people of southwestern Arizona and northwestern Mexico

Origin and Etymology of tohono o'odham

O'odham tóhono ʔóʔodham, literally, desert people

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