Arawak

[ ar-uh-wahk, -wak ]

noun,plural Ar·a·waks, (especially collectively) Ar·a·wak for 1.
  1. a member of an Indian people once widespread in the Antilles but now living primarily in coastal northeastern South America.

  2. any of the related Arawakan languages spoken by the Arawak.

Origin of Arawak

1
First recorded in 1835–40; a self-designation of the Arawak people

Words Nearby Arawak

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