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Shawi

Shawi proper noun: synonym of Chayahuita (“Amazonian language of Peru”). Also the alternative spelling of Chaoui.

Proper noun

Shawi

  1. Synonym of Chayahuita (“Amazonian language of Peru”).
    Synonyms:
    Chayahuita

Also used as

Shawi is also the alternative spelling of Chaoui.

Shawi is also the diminutive of Shawinigan.

Synonyms of Shawi

Origin of Shawi

* (Shawinigan): From French Shawi; Clipping of Shawinigan.

Questions about Shawi

What does Shawi mean?
Shawi means synonym of Chayahuita (“Amazonian language of Peru”).
What part of speech is Shawi?
Shawi is a proper noun.

Words near Shawi in the dictionary

  1. Shawfield
  2. Shawford
  3. Shawforth
  4. Shawhan
  5. Shawhans
  6. Shawi
  7. Shawinigan
  8. Shawinigate
  9. shawirma
  10. shawirmas
  11. Shawism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Shawi (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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