ARAWAKAN


Meaning of ARAWAKAN in English

I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷kən adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

: of or belonging to Arawakan or the Arawakan peoples

II. noun

( plural arawakan or arawakans )

Usage: usually capitalized

1.

a. : a group of Indian peoples of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guiana, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, and, formerly, the West Indies whose languages constitute a large language family

b. : a member of such peoples

2. : the language family of the Arawakan peoples

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.