Apache

proper nounnounattested in dialogue

//əˈpæ.t͡ʃi//

The group of languages used by any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.

proper noun

1
The group of languages used by any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.
2
A town in Oklahoma, United States. See Apache, Oklahoma.
3
informalApache HTTP Server, a widely used open source web server software suite.
This list is necessary so Apache can set the right HTTP headers when a certain file is requested.
This section discusses the process of configuring Apache to participate in WebLogic clusters. Apache is a Web server, the most popular one, actually.
IBM made an early commitment to support and use Apache as the basis for its web offerings and has dedicated substantial resources to the project because it makes more sense to use an established, proven web server.

Etymology

From American Spanish apache, most likely from Zuni ʔa·paču (“Navajos”), or possibly from the Yavapai word ʔpačə, meaning "people". The web server software was named to honor the Apache people, although much has been made of the fact that its design was "patchy" (constructed by assembling software patches). See Apache HTTP Server § Name. The Parisian gangsters were named after the American tribe because of their aggressive reputation.

noun

1
Any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e., Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.
Away up at the sources of the Gila, where the pines and cedars stand and where creeks and valleys are found, is a part of the Apache land.
2
A person belonging to an Apache people.
3
historicalA Parisian gangster of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
But the brain, and the agility, and the muscles that had coped with the mighty strength and cruel craftiness of Terkoz and Numa in the fastness of their savage jungle were not to be so easily subdued as these apaches of Paris had believed.
4
AH-64 Apache, a U.S. military helicopter.

Forms

plural: Apaches

anywhere · In or at any location.aorta · The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to…AP · An Advanced Placement program.

Apache · The group of languages used by any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla,…

apart · Placed separately (in regard to space or time).apartment · A complete domicile occupying only part of a building,…ape · An anthropoid of the superfamily Hominoidea, generally larger…

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