Aymara Definition

īmä-rä, īmə-
aymaras
noun
A member of a South American Indian people inhabiting parts of highland Bolivia and Peru.
American Heritage
A member of a South American Indian people living mainly in Bolivia and Peru and believed to have been the builders of a great ancient culture that was later supplanted by that of the Incas.
Webster's New World
The Aymaran language of the Aymara.
American Heritage
The language of this people.
Webster's New World
pronoun
An indigenous people of South America.
Wiktionary
Language spoken in South America.
Wiktionary

Aymara Sentence Examples

  • They, however, retained certain privileges, such as the use of their own language; and their treatment by their conquerors generally suggested that the latter believed themselves of Aymara blood.

  • Physically, the pure Aymara is short and thick-set, with a great chest development, and with the same reddish complexion, broad face, black eyes and rounded forehead which distinguish the Quichuas.

  • The first historical records show us these people already possessed of a considerable civilization, and speaking two allied languages, Aymara and Quichua.

  • He joined the Jesuits in 1551, and in 1571 was sent as a missionary to Peru; he acted as provincial of his order from 1576 to 1581, was appointed theological adviser to the council of Lima in 1582, and in 1583 published a catechism in Quichua and Aymara - the first book printed in Peru.

  • Chuncho has also been used to describe one of three aboriginal stocks of Peru, the others being Quichua and Aymara.

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