Wásento

Hopi

Alternative forms

• Wasento

Etymology

Borrowed from English Washington.

Proper noun

Wásento

1. Washington, D.C.
2. The federal government of the United States.

Derived terms

• Wásentomongwi

References

• Albert, Roy, Shaul, David Leedom (1985) A Concise Hopi and English Lexicon, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 105
• Hopi Dictionary Project, The (1998) Hopi Dictionary: Hopìikwa Lavàytutuveni: A Hopi Dictionary of the Third Mesa Dialect with an English-Hopi Finder List and a Sketch of Hopi Grammar, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, page 729