Anasazi
An·a·sa·zi/ˌæ.nəˈsɑ.zi/noun
Anasazi is a noun meaning “Synonym of Ancestral Puebloan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-A-S-A-Z-I and has 4 syllables (An·a·sa·zi), and it appears about once in every 7 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Anasazi is Anasazis.
What does Anasazi mean?
noun
- 1
datedSynonym of Ancestral Puebloan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Anasazi?
- UK /ˌɑː.nəˈsɑː.ziː/
- US /ˌæ.nəˈsɑ.zi/
- US /ˌɑ.nəˈsɑ.zi/
Anasazi has 4 syllables, split An·a·sa·zi in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Anasazi.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Anasazi
- Anasazis plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Anasazi?
Anasazi appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Anasazi in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense member of a Native American people who once lived in Utah and Colorado:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Anasazi come from?
From Navajo anaasází (“enemy ancestors, ancient enemy”), from anaaʼí (“enemy”) + bizází (“their ancestors”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).