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Tupian

Tupian proper noun: a language family in South America (the Tupian languages).

Proper noun

Tupian

  1. A language family in South America (the Tupian languages).

Adjective

Tupian (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the peoples who speak the Tupian languages.
  2. Of the Tupi, pertaining to the Tupi peoples of coastal Brazil.

Origin of Tupian

From Tupi + -an.

Questions about Tupian

What does Tupian mean?
Tupian means a language family in South America (the Tupian languages).
What part of speech is Tupian?
Tupian can be a proper noun or an adjective.

Words near Tupian in the dictionary

  1. tupelos
  2. tuperssuatsiaite
  3. TUPEs
  4. Tupi
  5. Tupi-Guarani
  6. Tupian
  7. tupiit
  8. tupik
  9. tupiks
  10. tupilak
  11. tupilakosaurid

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