Look up: arawak

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   Arawak
   [n] - a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America 2. [n] - a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America
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   Arawak
   Indigenous American people of the Caribbean and northeastern Amazon Basin. Arawaks lived mainly by shifting cultivation in tropical forests. They were driven out of many West Indian islands by...
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   Arawak
   Arawakan noun a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America
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   Arawak
   Arawakan noun a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America
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   Arawak
   The term `Arawak` (from `aru`, the Lokono word for cassava flour), was used to designate the Amerindians encountered by the Spanish in the West Indies. These include the Taíno, who occupied the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas (Lucayan) and Bimini Florida, the Nepoya and Suppoyo of Trinidad and the `Igneri`, who were supposed to have preceded the Caribs in the Lesser Antilles, together with related groups (including the Lokono) which lived along ...
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   Arawak
   American Indians of the Greater Antilles and South America. The Taino, an Arawak subgroup, were the first native peoples encountered by Christopher ... [9 related articles]
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   Arawak
   Arawak (ä'räwäk) , linguistic stock of indigenous people who came from South America and, at the time of the Spanish Conquest, occupied the islands of the Greater Antilles, the Bahamas, Trinidad, and other areas of Amazonia. Before the arrival of the Spanish they were driven from ...
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