Kalina

American  

[kah-lee-nah] / kɑˈli nɑ /

noun

1. a member of an Indigenous people of French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela, northern Brazil, and northern Guyana.

2. the Carib language of the Kalina.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Kalina or their language.

Etymology

Origin of Kalina

First recorded in 1950–55; from Kalina: literally, “strong men,” a self-designation; Carib ( def. )

Example Sentences

In the taekwondo events, Cunningham beat North Macedonia's Dejan Georgievski to scoop gold, but double Olympic medallist Bianca Cook lost to Bulgaria's Kalina Boyadzhieva in the women's +73 kg bronze medal contest.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2023

“We’ve had a very rigid concept of nation in the past,” said Lucia de Sola, an editor of the San Salvador-based literary publisher Editorial Kalina.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2023

Gold medal favorite Kalina Valieva finished her disastrous final performance at Thursday’s Olympics and skated over to the edge of the rink, where her Russian Olympic Committee coach began to reprimand her.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2022

YouTube, uploaded by Noah Kalina, 13 Jan. 2020.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

A mention of Jungmann and Kalina, and the Slav Congress of 1848.

From From a Terrace in Prague by Baker, Lieut.-Col. B. Granville