Ati
Americannoun
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an indigenous population from the Visayan Islands in the Philippines, part of the Negrito ethnic group.
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a member of this population.
Example Sentences
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Tinned fish at the shop runs anywhere from $8 for Ati Manel garfish, a needle-like fish offred in olive oil from Portugal, to $36 for Conservas de Cambados ‘Sea Urchin Caviar’ from Spain’s Galician estuaries.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
With his second wife, Ise, and their adopted daughter, Ati, Gropius soon settled in the Yankee stronghold at Lincoln, Massachusetts, ten miles outside Boston in the country.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 22, 2019
Gaddafi's ex-spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi will also appear in court along with the former foreign minister Abdul Ati al-Obeidi.
From Reuters ● Apr. 14, 2014
"He was just sitting there, looking at us," one Ati told the Guardian.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 2, 2013
Ati has also an indefinite use: ati susulia who knows?
From Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands by Ivens, W. G. (Walter George)
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