Arawak Definition

ărə-wäk, -wăk
arawak
noun
A member of a South American Indian people formerly inhabiting much of the Greater Antilles and now living chiefly in certain regions of Guiana.
American Heritage
A member of a South American Indian people living chiefly in NE South America and formerly in the West Indies.
Webster's New World
The Arawakan language of the Arawak.
American Heritage
The language of this people.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Pertaining to the Arawak peoples or their languages.
Wiktionary
pronoun

An Amerindian people who lived in the region of the Caribbean when the Spanish arrived in America.

Wiktionary

A group of Amerindian languages spoken around the Caribbean.

Wiktionary

A Caribbean language belonging to this group.

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