ARAWAK

Meaning of ARAWAK in English

/ar"euh wahk', -wak'/ , n. , pl. Arawaks , ( esp. collectively ) Arawak .

1. a member of an Indian people once widespread in the Antilles but now confined to northeastern South America.

2. the language of the Arawaks.

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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 — American Indians of the Greater Antilles and South America who spoke languages of the Arawakan linguistic group. The Taino were …
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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 — 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 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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 …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ARAWAK — Араваки
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
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 …
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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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