ARAWAKAN

Meaning of ARAWAKAN in English

[Ar.a.wak.an] n, pl Arawakan or Arawakans (1901) 1: a member of a group of Indian peoples of South America and the West Indies

2: the language family of the Arawakan peoples

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

ARAWAKAN — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Date: 1901 a member of a group of Indian peoples of South America and the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ARAWAKAN — I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷kən adjective Usage: usually capitalized : of or belonging to Arawakan or the Arawakan peoples II. noun ( plural …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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
ARAWAKAN — noun ( plural Arawakan or Arawakans ) Date: 1901 1. : a member of a group of Indian peoples of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ARAWAKAN — n. Pronunciation: ˌ a-r ə - ' wä-k ə n, - ' wa- Function: noun Inflected Form: plural Arawakan or …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ARAWAKAN LANGUAGES — or Maipuran languages Largest family of American Indian languages. The family comprises an estimated 65 known languages, of which at …
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ARAWAKAN LANGUAGES — most widespread of all South American Indian language groups. Before the Spanish conquest, Arawakan languages were spoken in a number …
Britannica English vocabulary
ARAWAKAN LANGUAGES — or Maipuran languages Largest family of American Indian languages. The family comprises an estimated 65 known languages, of which at …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TAINO — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: ~ nitaino, tayno noble, lesser chief Date: 1836 the language of the ~ people, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LUCAYO — also Lucayan noun Date: 1929 a member of an Arawakan people of the Bahamas
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GARIFUNA — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: ~ garífuna, a self-designation; akin to Taino caribe, caribi Carib, Island Carib (Arawakan language …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CANOE — I. noun Etymology: French, from New Latin canoa, from Spanish, from Arawakan, of Cariban origin; akin to Carib kana:wa ~ …
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. …
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DESSALINES, JEAN-JACQUES — born с 1758, West Africa died Oct. 17, 1806, Jacmel, Haiti Emperor of Haiti who drove out the French in …
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CARIBAN LANGUAGES — Large family of South American Indian languages. It has an estimated 43 members; nearly half are now extinct, and most …
Английский словарь Британика
ARAWAK — American Indians of the Greater Antilles and South America who spoke languages of the Arawakan linguistic group. The Taino were …
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
MOJO — I. ˈmōˌhō noun ( plural mojo or mojos ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Spanish, of American Indian origin 1. a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CANOE — I. kəˈnü noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: alteration (probably influenced by Middle French canoue, Middle French & …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAPISIANA — wəˌpēsēˈänə noun or wa·pi·sha·na ˌwäpēˈshänə ( plural wapisiana or wapisianas or wapishana or wapishanas ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TERENA — təˈrānə noun also te·re·no -(ˌ)nō ( plural terena or tereno ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : an Arawakan people …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TARUMÁ — |tarə|mä noun ( plural tarumá or tarumas ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : an Arawakan people of southern British …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TARIANA — ˌtarēˈanə, -ˈänə noun ( plural tariana or tarianas ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : an Arawakan people of northwestern …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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 …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAINO — ˈtī(ˌ)nō noun ( plural taino or tainos ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Spanish, of American Indian origin 1. a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SIUSI — sē(y)üsē noun ( plural siusi or siusis ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : an Arawakan people of the Içana …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GOAJIRO — ˌgōəˈhi(ˌ)rō noun ( plural goajiro or goajiros ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Spanish guajiro, goajiro, of American Indian origin 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLACK CARIB — noun Usage: usually capitalized B&C : a member of an ethnic group of mixed Negro and Carib ancestry, Arawakan speech, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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
ACHAGUA — əˈchägwə noun ( plural achagua or achaguas ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Spanish, of American Indian origin 1. a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GARIFUNA — noun ( plural Garifuna or Ga·ri·fu·nas ) Etymology: Garifuna garífuna, a self-designation; akin to Taino caribe, caribi Carib, Island Carib …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CUBA, FLAG OF — national flag with three blue and two white horizontal stripes and a red triangle at the hoist bearing a white …
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