TUPIAN

Meaning of TUPIAN in English

[Tu.pi.an] adj (1902): of, relating to, or constituting the Tupi or other Tupi-Guaranian peoples or their languages

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012

TUPIAN — adjective or noun see: Tupi
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TUPIAN — -ēən adjective Usage: usually capitalized : of, relating to, or designating the Tupi or other Tupi-Guaranian peoples or their languages
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUPIAN — (a.) Designating, or pert. to, a linguistic stock of South American Indians comprising the most important Brazilian tribes. Agriculture, pottery, …
Английский словарь Webster
TUPIAN — see Tupi
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TUPIAN — add. ·adj designating, or pert. to, a linguistic stock of south american indians comprising the most important brazilian tribes. agriculture, …
Webster English vocab
TUPIAN — South American Indians who speak languages of the Tupian linguistic group. Tupian-speaking peoples were widespread south of the Amazon. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
TUPIAN LANGUAGES — Family of South American Indian languages with at least seven subgroups, spoken or formerly spoken in scattered areas from the …
Английский словарь Британика
TUPIAN LANGUAGES — Family of South American Indian languages with at least seven subgroups, spoken or formerly spoken in scattered areas from the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TAMARIN — noun Etymology: French tamary, ~, perhaps of Tupian origin Date: 1780 any of numerous small chiefly South American monkeys (genera …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GUARANA — noun Etymology: Portuguese guaraná, from Nhengatu (Tupi-based lingua franca of Amazonia), from Sateré-Mawé (Tupian language of the middle Amazon River …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LANGUAGE — I System of conventional spoken or written symbols used by people in a shared culture to communicate with each other. …
Английский словарь Британика
AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES — Languages spoken by the original inhabitants of the Americas and the West Indies and by their modern descendants. They display …
Английский словарь Британика
COPAIBA — I. kōˈpībə, -pābə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish & Portuguese; Spanish, from Portuguese copaíba, of Tupian origin; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUCCAN — I. (ˌ)bəˈkan, ˈbəkən transitive verb or bu·can or bou·can (ˈ)bü|kan, -kän ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle French boucaner, from boucan …
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ANTA — I. ˈantə noun ( plural antas -əz ; or an·tae -ˌtē, -ˌtī) Etymology: Latin; akin to Old Norse önd anteroom, …
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YURUNA — ˌyu̇rəˈnä noun ( plural yuruna or yurunas ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Tupi, from yurú mouth + una black 1. …
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UNAU — yüˈnȯ, ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷, üˈnau̇ noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, of Tupian origin; akin to Tupi unáu : a two-toed sloth …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUPINAMBA — ˌtüpəˈnambə, -ˌnamˈbä noun ( plural tupinamba or tupinambas ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : a group of extinct Tupian …
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TENETEHARA — ˌtenətəˈhärə, -harə noun ( plural tenetehara or teneteharas ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : a Tupian people of the …
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TANIA — noun or tan·ier or tan·nia or tan·nier or tan·ya also tan·yah ˈtanēə(r), -nyə(r) ( -s ) Etymology: French tannie, perhaps …
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PARINTINTIN — |parə̇n.ˌtin.ˈtin noun ( plural parintintin or parintintins ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Portuguese, of American Indian origin 1. a. : …
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OMAGUA — ōˈmä(g)wə noun ( plural omagua or omaguas ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : a Tupian people of western Brazil …
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MUNDURUCÚ — ˌmündürüˈkü noun ( plural mundurucú or mundurucús ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Portuguese mundurucú, mundurucu, of American Indian origin 1. …
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MANIOC — ˈmanēˌäk also ˈmān- noun or man·i·o·ca ˌmanēˈōkə ; also man·di·oc ˈmandēˌäk ; or man·di·o·ca ˌmandēˈōkə ( -s ) Etymology: French …
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MANIHOT — ˈmanəˌhät noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from French, cassava, of Tupian origin — more at manioc : a genus …
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JACUNDA — ˌjäku̇nˈdä noun ( plural jacunda or jacundas ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Portuguese jacundá, of American Indian origin 1. a. …
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EMERILLON — āˈmerəˌlän, -əˌyän noun ( plural emerillon or emerillons ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : a Tupian people living along …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUPINAMB — South American Indian peoples who spoke Tupian languages and inhabited the eastern coast of Brazil from Cear in the north …
Britannica English vocabulary
SOUTH AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES — group of languages that once covered and today still partially cover all of South America, the Antilles, and Central America …
Britannica English vocabulary
GUARAN — South American Indian group speaking a Tupian language (see Tupians). The aboriginal Guaran inhabited eastern Paraguay and adjacent areas in …
Britannica English vocabulary
AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES — Languages spoken by the original inhabitants of the Americas and the West Indies and by their modern descendants. They display …
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