Aymara

American  

[ahy-mah-rah] / ˌaɪ mɑˈrɑ /

noun

plural

Aymaras,

plural

Aymara

1. a member of an Indian people living in the mountainous regions around Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and Peru.

2. the language of the Aymara people.

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Aymara British  

/ ˌaɪməˈrɑː /

noun

1. a member of a South American Indian people of Bolivia and Peru

2. the language of this people, probably related to Quechua

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Other Word Forms

• Aymaran adjective

Etymology

Origin of Aymara

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Under former President Evo Morales, an Aymara indigenous leader who ruled from 2006 to 2019, Bolivia expelled the American ambassador and U.S. counterdrug officials.

From The Wall Street Journal

Maria Choquetapi, a woman from the Aymara Indigenous group, told AFP from her town of Laja west of the capital: "I would like the new government to roll up their sleeves and really get to work, not like their predecessors."

From Barron's

According to the Aymara peoples of Bolivia and Peru, a group of settlers trekking through the mountains had made camp, but their campfire spiraled out of control, angering the gods, who washed them away with a stormy flood.

From Salon

The Aymara women fear climate change could sweep away their jobs.

From Seattle Times

The Aymara women remember a time when practically every spot on the glaciers was covered in snow, but now there are parts with nothing but rocks.

From Seattle Times