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Maquiritari

Maquiritari proper noun: synonym of Ye'kwana (“Cariban language”).

Proper noun

Maquiritari

  1. Synonym of Ye'kwana (“Cariban language”).
    Synonyms:
    Ye'kwana

Noun

Maquiritari (plural Maquiritaris or Maquiritari)

  1. Synonym of Ye'kwana.
    Synonyms:
    Ye'kwana

Synonyms of Maquiritari

Forms of Maquiritari

Proper noun
alternative formMakiritare
alternative formMaquiritare
Noun
pluralMaquiritaris
pluralMaquiritari

Origin of Maquiritari

From Spanish Maquiritare, said to be from an Arawak language, with a meaning “people of the rivers, water people”.

Questions about Maquiritari

What does Maquiritari mean?
Maquiritari means synonym of Ye'kwana (“Cariban language”).
What part of speech is Maquiritari?
Maquiritari can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Maquiritari in the dictionary

  1. maquilas
  2. maquillage
  3. maquillages
  4. Maquiritare
  5. Maquiritares
  6. Maquiritari
  7. Maquiritaris
  8. maquiroside
  9. maquis
  10. maquisard
  11. maquisards

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