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Lucayan

Lucayan noun: one of the original inhabitants of the Bahamas before the arrival of Europeans.

Noun

Lucayan (plural Lucayans)

  1. One of the original inhabitants of the Bahamas before the arrival of Europeans.
    Synonyms:
    Lucayo

Adjective

Lucayan (comparative more Lucayan, superlative most Lucayan)

  1. Of or relating to these people.

Synonyms of Lucayan

Forms of Lucayan

Noun
pluralLucayans
Adjective
comparativemore Lucayan
superlativemost Lucayan

Origin of Lucayan

Anglicization of Spanish lucayo, derived from the Taino Lukku-Cairi (which the people used for themselves), meaning "people of the islands".

Words formed from Lucayan

Questions about Lucayan

What does Lucayan mean?
Lucayan means one of the original inhabitants of the Bahamas before the arrival of Europeans.
What part of speech is Lucayan?
Lucayan can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Lucayan?
The plural of Lucayan is Lucayans.

Words near Lucayan in the dictionary

  1. Lucasing
  2. Lucaston
  3. Lucatero
  4. Lucateros
  5. lucatumumab
  6. Lucayan
  7. Lucayan Archipelago
  8. Lucayans
  9. Lucayo
  10. Lucayos
  11. Lucban

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Lucayan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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