ARAWAK

Meaning of ARAWAK in English

American Indians of the Greater Antilles and South America who spoke languages of the Arawakan linguistic group.

The Taino were one Arawak group. The Arawak were apparently the people who Andean civilization s.

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ARAWAK — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: earlier Arwaca, Aroaca, an ~ subgroup of 16th century Trinidad, perhaps from an ~ …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ARAWAK — noun also ar·ra·wak ˈarəˌwäk, -ˌwak ( plural arawak or arawaks ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : an Indian people …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ARAWAK — /ar"euh wahk', -wak'/ , n. , pl. Arawaks , ( esp. collectively ) Arawak . 1. a member of an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ARAWAK — n. member of South American Indian people who inhabit Suriname and Guyana and French Guiana
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ARAWAK — noun ( plural Arawak or Arawaks ) Etymology: earlier Arwaca, Aroaca, an Arawak subgroup of 16th century Trinidad, perhaps from …
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ARAWAK — [ 'arəwak ] ■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) 1》 a member of a group of native peoples …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ARAWAK — [Ar.a.wak] n, pl Arawak or Arawaks (1769) 1: a member of an Indian people of the Arawakan group now living …
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ARAWAK — American Indians of the Greater Antilles and South America who spoke languages of the Arawakan linguistic group. The Antillean Arawak, …
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ARAWAK — Arawak BrE AmE ˈær ə wæk AmE \ -wɑːk ˈer- ▷ Arawak|an ə n ▷ Arawak|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ARAWAK — / ˈærəwæk; NAmE / noun [ U ] any of the languages of the Arawak people, from the north and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ARAWAK — n. American Indians of the Greater Antilles and South America who spoke languages of the Arawakan linguistic group. The Taino …
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ARAWAK — Араваки
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ARAWAK — n. Pronunciation: ' a-r ə - ˌ wäk, - ˌ wak Function: noun Inflected Form: plural Arawak or Arawaks Etymology: …
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PAPAYA — noun Etymology: Spanish, of American Indian origin; akin to Arawak papáia ~ Date: 1598 a tropical American tree ( Carica …
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IGUANA — noun Etymology: Spanish, from Arawak & Carib iwana Date: 1555 any of various large chiefly herbivorous usually green or brownish …
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ANOLE — noun Etymology: probably from French anolis, from Arawak of the Lesser Antilles Date: circa 1753 any of a genus ( …
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VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE U.S. — Unincorporated U.S. island territory at the eastern end of the Greater Caribbean Sea . It consists of the islands of …
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VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK — Conservation area, St. John, U.S. Covering 14,696 acres (5,947 hectares), it has steep mountains, white beaches, and coral reefs. Though …
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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO — officially Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Island state of the West Indies, comprising the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. Forming …
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TAINO — Extinct Arawak Indian group of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea. They also inhabited Puerto Rico and the …
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SAINT LUCIA — Island nation, Windward Islands , eastern Caribbean Sea. Area: 238 sq mi (616 sq km). Population (1997 est.): 148,000. Capital: …
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PUERTO RICO — officially Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Self-governing island commonwealth of the West Indies ; it is associated with the U.S. Area: …
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MONTEGO BAY — Seaport (pop., 2000 est.: 89,859), northwestern Jamaica, located northwest of Kingston . It lies on the site of a large …
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MARTINIQUE — Island (pop., 2002 est.: 386,000) of the Windward Islands , West Indies , and overseas department of France. It is …
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ARAWAKAN — /ar'euh wah"keuhn, -wak"euhn/ , n. 1. a family of numerous and widely scattered languages spoken formerly from Florida to Chile …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VENEZUELA, HISTORY OF — history of the area from pre-Columbian times to the present. The oldest inhabitants of Venezuela were primitive food-gathering Indians who …
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PUERTO RICO, FLAG OF — U.S. commonwealth flag consisting of five horizontal stripes of red and white and, at the hoist, a blue triangle bearing …
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JAMAICA, FLAG OF — national flag with two green and two black triangles separated by a yellow saltire (diagonal cross). The width-to-length ratio of …
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GUYANA, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of a green field incorporating a red hoist triangle and a central yellow arrowhead, separated by black …
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CIBONEY — extinct Indian people of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. By the time of European contact they had been …
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CARIB — American Indian people who inhabited the Lesser Antilles and parts of the neighbouring South American coast at the time of …
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ARUBA — island lying southwest of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, some 50 miles (80 kilometres) northwest of Curaao and …
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