arawak

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An Amerindian people who lived in the region of the Caribbean when the Spanish arrived in America
A Caribbean language belonging to this group
A group of Amerindian languages spoken around the Caribbean
Pertaining to the Arawak peoples or their languages
American Indians of the Greater Antilles and South America who spoke languages of the Arawakan linguistic group. The Taino were one Arawak group. The Arawak were apparently the people who Christopher Columbus first encountered in 1492. The South American Arawak inhabited northern and western areas of the Amazon River basin, where they farmed, hunted, and fished. Their society was relatively nonhierarchical. The Campa Arawak lived in the foothills of the Andes Mountains but remained isolated from influences of the Andean civilizations
{i} member of South American Indian people who inhabit Suriname and Guyana and French Guiana
a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America
a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America
a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America