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Ya·qui | \ ˈyä-kē 
\
\Definition of Yaqui
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : a member of an American Indian people of Sonora, Mexico
2 : the Uto-Aztecan language of the Yaqui people
Yaquí
geographical nameYa·quí | \ yä-ˈkē \
\Definition of Yaquí (Entry 2 of 2)
river 420 miles (676 kilometers) long in the state of Sonora, northwestern Mexico, flowing southwest into the Gulf of California
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The first known use of Yaqui was in 1861
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