/ar'euh wah"keuhn, -wak"euhn/ , n.
1. a family of numerous and widely scattered languages spoken formerly from Florida to Chile but now only in South America.
2. a member of a group of Indian peoples who spoke these languages.
adj.
3. of or belonging to this language family or its speakers or to the Arawak.
[ 1905-10; ARAWAK + -AN ]