Sinagua

English

Etymology

From the Spanish words for "without water", sin agua; a reference to the desert climate where these people lived.

Proper noun

Sinagua

  1. (historical) A pre-Columbian culture that existed from 500 AD to 1425 AD in the desert of present day Arizona.

References
  • “The Sinagua”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎ (in English), Desert USA, accessed June 18, 2015, archived from the original on 2015-04-18
  • Linoff, Lindsay (1998), “The Sinagua People of Montezuma Castle”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎ (in English), Desert USA, archived from the original on 2014-02-17

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