Jicarilla

Jicarilla
noun (plural Jicarilla or Jicarillas) 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 Date: 1850 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

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