Apaches

/əˈpætʃiz/ noun

Native American people from the southwestern United States, or members of violent street gangs in 1800s Paris.

From Spanish 'apache,' possibly from Zuni 'apachu' meaning 'enemy,' or from Apache 'apu' meaning 'enemy.' The Parisian gang meaning arose in the late 1800s.

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