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Egyptian cotton
Answer for the clue "Egyptian cotton ", 4 letters:
pima
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Word definitions for pima in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Uto-Aztecan people of Arizona, from Spanish, probably from native pi ma:c "(I) don't know," given in answer to some question long ago and mistaken by the Spaniards as a tribal name. Related: Piman .
Usage examples of pima.
As of today, Cochise County is two ahead of Pima in terms of homicide victims for the year.
While we were traveling if a woman became heavy with child we would build her a house and put plenty of food in it and leave her there, and from these women sprang the Pima, Maricopa, and other Indians in the South.
The Pima and Papago bands of the Sonora Desert were the only nations both the Na-dene, or Apache, and ferocious Yaqui, or Unreconstructed Aztec, had long since learned to leave the hell alone.
The two-lane road and its traffic wound on for a mile or so, flanked by rustic signs indicating the way to Pima Point, the Tusayan Museum, and widely scattered tourist lodges called Yavapai, Maswik, Thunderbird, and Kachina.
Unlike most of the men on the terrace, Zamora wore no tie, just a collarless white pima cotton shirt buttoned at the neck.
This was Pima or Papago country, and they were Indians who were friendly to us, and who fought the Apaches on every occasion.