Havasupai
/ˌhævəˈsuːpaɪ/noun
A Native American people and language of the Grand Canyon region in Arizona.
Did you know?Havasupai is an endonym from the Upland Yuman branch of the Hokan language family, and its meaning ties identity directly to water, a sacred and life-giving force in the canyon.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-Columbian
Havasupai
Havasu 'Baaja
“the people of the blue-green waters”
Colonial Era
English
Havasupai
“an English rendering of the tribe's name”
19th Century
English
Havasupai
“used in ethnographic and administrative records for the people of the Havasu Canyon region”
Modern English
English
Havasupai
“the name of a Native American people, their language, and their reservation in Arizona”