Jívaro

[ hee-vuh-roh ]

noun,plural Jí·va·ros, (especially collectively) Jí·va·ro for 1.
  1. a member of a group of Indigenous peoples of eastern Ecuador and northern Peru.

  2. any of the languages of the Jívaro.

adjective
  1. of or relating to the Jívaro or their languages.

Origin of Jívaro

1
First recorded in 1860–65; from Spanish Jíbaro, a self designation

Other words from Jívaro

  • Jí·va·ro·an [hee-vuh-roh-uhn], /hi vəˈroʊ ən/, adjective

Words Nearby Jívaro

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British Dictionary definitions for Jivaro

Jivaro

/ (ˈhɪːvərəu) /


noun
    • a member of a group of sub-tribes native to the Amazonian forests of Peru and Ecuador, formerly noted for their warlike nature and head-shrinking rituals

    • as modifier: Jivaro rituals

  1. any of the languages spoken by the Jivaro people

Origin of Jivaro

1
C19: from Spanish jíbaro, from Shuar shuar people

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