areíto
areíto noun: a type of performance and ceremony of the Taíno people of the Caribbean.
Noun
areíto (plural areítos)
- A type of performance and ceremony of the Taíno people of the Caribbean.
- What did an areíto actually entail? The sixteenth-century chroniclers tell us that areítos recited histories, which were transmitted through the generations.2005, Peter E. Siegel, Ancient Borinquen: Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Native Puerto Rico
- In early encounters, the Spanish were welcomed and entertained by the Taíno, who arranged areítos in their honor as a type of elite hospitality.2005, Nicholas J. Saunders, The Peoples of the Caribbean: An Encyclopedia of Archaeology and Traditional Culture
Forms of areíto
| plural | areítos |
|---|---|
| alternative form | areyto |
Questions about areíto
- What does areíto mean?
- Areíto means a type of performance and ceremony of the Taíno people of the Caribbean.
- What part of speech is areíto?
- Areíto is a noun.
- What is the plural of areíto?
- The plural of areíto is areítos.
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