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Kayapo

Kayapo noun: an indigenous people of Brazil, inhabiting a vast area spreading across the states of Pará and Mato Grosso, south of the Amazon River and along Xingu River and its tributaries.

Noun

Kayapo pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An indigenous people of Brazil, inhabiting a vast area spreading across the states of Pará and Mato Grosso, south of the Amazon River and along Xingu River and its tributaries.

Proper noun

Kayapo

  1. A Northern Jê language of Brazil.

Forms of Kayapo

Noun
alternative formCayapo
Proper noun
alternative formCaraho

Questions about Kayapo

What does Kayapo mean?
Kayapo means an indigenous people of Brazil, inhabiting a vast area spreading across the states of Pará and Mato Grosso, south of the Amazon River and along Xingu River and its tributaries.
What part of speech is Kayapo?
Kayapo can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Kayapo in the dictionary

  1. Kayan East
  2. Kayan West
  3. Kayang Extension
  4. Kayang Hilltop
  5. Kayans
  6. Kayapo
  7. Kayardild
  8. kayas
  9. Kayasth
  10. Kayastha
  11. Kayasthas

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