NOUN | person | Anasazi | a Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings |
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Sounds | ae.nahsaa'ziy; ae.nahsae'ziy | |
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Rhymes | Ashkenazi ... z / Z: 56 rhymes with ziy... |
Meaning | A Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings. | |
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Narrower | cliff dweller | A member of the Anasazi people living in the southwestern United States who built rock or adobe dwellings on ledges in the sides of caves |
Broader | Amerindian, Native American | Any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived |
Spanish | anasazi |
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