Arawak

adj, name, noun

adj, name, noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of an Amerindian people who lived in the region of the Caribbean when the Spanish arrived in America.

    "Another people, the Surinen, lived near the coast. Like the Arawaks and the Caribs, they had migrated northward into Suriname. The Arawak and Carib peoples greatly outnumbered the Surinen. The Surinen were disappearing by the late 1400s."

  2. 2
    a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America wordnet
  3. 3
    A member of an Arawak indigenous group.
  4. 4
    a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to the Arawak peoples not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A group of Amerindian languages spoken around the Caribbean.
  2. 2
    A Caribbean language belonging to this group.

Synonyms

All synonyms
arawakanarawakanenglishlanguagelokonolokono

Example

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"Jean La Rose said despite this wealth of natural resources Amerindian groups like the Arawak, who make up 10 percent of the population, remain impoverished."

Etymology

From Kari'na Aruwako, from the name in Lokono.

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