anasazi

/əˈnæsɑːzi/

Definitions

1. noun

a member of a Native American people who were the earliest known inhabitants of the Four Corners region of the United States, particularly in what is now southwestern Colorado, northwestern New Mexico, northeastern Arizona, and southeastern Utah.

“The Anasazi people were skilled farmers and traders, living in complex multi-story dwellings.”

Synonyms

  • Ancestral Pueblo
  • Pueblo

Antonyms

  • colonizer