Hohokam

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Ho·ho·kam

H0235150 (hə-hō′kəm)n. pl. Hohokam or Ho·ho·kams A member of a Native American culture flourishing from about the 3rd century bc to the mid-15th century ad in south-central Arizona, noted for the construction of an extensive system of irrigation canals.
[From O'odham huhugam, those who are gone, from huhug, to perish, disappear.]

Ho•ho•kam

(həˈhoʊ kəm)

adj. of or designating an American Indian culture of the S Arizona desert c300 b.c.–a.d. c1450. [1912; < Pima-Papago huhugam those who are gone]