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Arawaks

Arawaks is the plural of Arawak.

Meaning of Arawak

Noun

Arawak (plural Arawaks or Arawak)

  1. A member of an Amerindian people who lived in the region of the Caribbean when the Spanish arrived in America.
    • Another people, the Surinen, lived near the coast. Like the Arawaks and the Caribs, they had migrated northward into Suriname. The Arawak and Carib peoples greatly outnumbered the Surinen. The Surinen were disappearing by the late 1400s.2009 January 8, Thomas Streissguth, Suriname in Pictures, →ISBN, page 20
  2. A member of an Arawak indigenous group.

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Questions about Arawaks

What is Arawaks the plural of?
Arawaks is the plural of Arawak.

Words near Arawaks in the dictionary

  1. Arawakan
  2. Arawakanist
  3. Arawakanists
  4. Arawakian
  5. Arawakians
  6. Arawaks
  7. Arawan
  8. arawana
  9. arawanas
  10. Arawata
  11. Arawá

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