plural Apache or Apaches
ə-ˈpa-chēz 
-ˈpash,
-ˈpa-shəz
1
: a member of a group of Indigenous peoples of the southwestern U.S.
2
: any of the Athabascan languages of the Apache people
3
not capitalized
[French, from Apache Apache Indian]
a
: a member of a gang of criminals especially in Paris
b
: ruffian
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Highlights in the Land of Enchantment include curving through Apache Canyon, sidling along the red sandstone cliffs near Gallup, and marveling at the barren lava fields of El Malpais National Monument and National Conservation Area.
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Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 24 Apr. 2025
Luke Goodrich, a Becket attorney representing Apache Stronghold, which is suing to block the land transfer on religious grounds, told the justices that the notice confirms an urgent need to get involved.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025
The Tlingit described it as the budding moon of plants and shrubs, the Cherokee called it the flower moon, and the Apache referred to it as the moon of the big leaves, according to Western Washington University’s site.
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2025
The Little Colorado River Valley (Navajo and Apache Counties) and the White Mountains are under a red flag warning from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. MT on Sunday.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
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Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 24 Apr. 2025
Luke Goodrich, a Becket attorney representing Apache Stronghold, which is suing to block the land transfer on religious grounds, told the justices that the notice confirms an urgent need to get involved.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025
The Tlingit described it as the budding moon of plants and shrubs, the Cherokee called it the flower moon, and the Apache referred to it as the moon of the big leaves, according to Western Washington University’s site.
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2025
The Little Colorado River Valley (Navajo and Apache Counties) and the White Mountains are under a red flag warning from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. MT on Sunday.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
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Apache
noun
plural Apache or Apaches
: a member of a group of Indigenous peoples of the southwestern U.S.
also
: any of the languages of the Apache people
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