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Maipure

Maipure proper noun: a language once spoken along the Ventuari, Sipapo, and Autana rivers of Amazonas and, as a lingua franca, in the Upper Orinoco region. It became extinct around the end of the 18th century.

Proper noun

Maipure

  1. A language once spoken along the Ventuari, Sipapo, and Autana rivers of Amazonas and, as a lingua franca, in the Upper Orinoco region. It became extinct around the end of the 18th century.

Forms of Maipure

alternative formMaypure
alternative formMejepure

Questions about Maipure

What does Maipure mean?
Maipure means a language once spoken along the Ventuari, Sipapo, and Autana rivers of Amazonas and, as a lingua franca, in the Upper Orinoco region. It became extinct around the end of the 18th century.
What part of speech is Maipure?
Maipure is a proper noun.

Words near Maipure in the dictionary

  1. maioresse
  2. maiosis
  3. maiotic
  4. Maipo
  5. Maipo River
  6. Maipure
  7. Maipú
  8. mair
  9. Mairasi
  10. mairatour
  11. maire

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