CORABECA


Meaning of CORABECA in English

ˌkōrəˈbēkə, ˌkȯr-, -ˈbākə noun

or co·ra·ve·ca -ˈvē-, -ˈvā-

( plural corabeca or corabecas or coraveca or coravecas )

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: American Spanish corabeca, of American Indian origin

1.

a. : an extinct people of Bolivia

b. : a member of such people

2. : the language of the Corabeca people considered by some Americanists as an independent linguistic family and by others as Otoquian or uncertain

• co·ra·be·can or co·ra·ve·can | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷kən adjective , usually capitalized

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