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Arawakan

Arawakan adjective: of or relating to a language family that developed among ancient indigenous peoples in South America and migrated to Central America and the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean and the Atlantic, including what is now the Bahamas.

Adjective

Arawakan (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a language family that developed among ancient indigenous peoples in South America and migrated to Central America and the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean and the Atlantic, including what is now the Bahamas.

Words formed from Arawakan

Questions about Arawakan

What does Arawakan mean?
Arawakan means of or relating to a language family that developed among ancient indigenous peoples in South America and migrated to Central America and the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean and the Atlantic, including what is now the Bahamas.
What part of speech is Arawakan?
Arawakan is an adjective.

Words near Arawakan in the dictionary

  1. Aravaipas
  2. Aravalli
  3. aravani
  4. Arawa
  5. Arawak
  6. Arawakan
  7. Arawakanist
  8. Arawakanists
  9. Arawakian
  10. Arawakians
  11. Arawaks

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