Hohokam
noun
Ho·ho·kam ˌhō-hō-ˈkäm 
plural Hohokam
: a member of a prehistoric desert culture of the southwestern U.S. centering in the Gila Valley of Arizona and characterized especially by irrigated agriculture
Hohokam adjective
Word History
Etymology
O'odham (Uto-Aztecan language of southern Arizona) huhugam, literally, those who have gone
First Known Use
1884, in the meaning defined above