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Wapishana

Wapishana noun: an indigenous people inhabiting the Roraima area of northern Brazil and southern Guyana.

Noun

Wapishana pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An indigenous people inhabiting the Roraima area of northern Brazil and southern Guyana.

Proper noun

Wapishana

  1. Their Arawakan language.

Forms of Wapishana

alternative formWapichan
alternative formWapisiana
alternative formWapitxana
alternative formVapidiana
alternative formWapixana

Questions about Wapishana

What does Wapishana mean?
Wapishana means an indigenous people inhabiting the Roraima area of northern Brazil and southern Guyana.
What part of speech is Wapishana?
Wapishana can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Wapishana in the dictionary

  1. wapinschaws
  2. wapinshaw
  3. wapinshawing
  4. wapinshawings
  5. wapinshaws
  6. Wapishana
  7. Wapisiana
  8. wapit
  9. wapiti
  10. wapitis
  11. wapits

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