Taino Definition
tä-ēnō
taino
noun
A member of an Arawak people of the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas whose culture was destroyed by genocide, epidemics, and assimilation under Spanish colonization in the early 1500s.
American Heritage
A member of an aboriginal Indian people of the West Indies, extinct since the 16th cent.
Webster's New World
The Arawakan language of this people.
Webster's New World
Origin of Taino
Spanish of American Indian origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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