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Jicarilla

Syllabification: (Ji·ca·ril·la)

Pronunciation: /ˌhēkəˈrēə, -ˈrēlyə/

Definition of Jicarilla

noun (plural same or Jicarillas)

1 (also Jicarilla Apache) a member of an Apache people of northern New Mexico.

2the Athabaskan language of the Jicarilla.

adjective

relating to the Jicarilla or their language.

Origin:

Mexican Spanish: probably diminutive of jícara 'chocolate-cup' (from the shape of a local hill); perhaps from Nahuatl xicalli 'drinking vessel, gourd'