Aymara

American  

[ahy-mah-rah] / ˌaɪ mɑˈrɑ /

noun

• Aymaras,
  plural
• Aymara
  plural

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

Derived Forms

• Aymaran
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Aymara
  plural
• Aymaras
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Aymara

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

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Aymara Aymaras

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 ● Dec. 17, 2025

“Sometimes the jararanko is scary—it chases you and bites you,” says Flores, who is Aymara, and kills the animals legally for use in traditional medicine.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 26, 2023

Dozens of Quechua and Aymara activists lie on mattresses strewn on the floor, resting up for more anti-government demonstrations as volunteers cook a breakfast of donated rice, pasta and vegetables.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023

In Los Angeles, members of the Quechua and Aymara Indigenous peoples in the United States have held five protests since the crisis began.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2023

They, however, retained certain privileges, such as the use of their own language; and their treatment by their conquerors generally suggested that the latter believed themselves of Aymara blood.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

Historians say the missionaries wanted to teach the Aymaras about the passion of Christ and heaven and hell.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2019

Millions of dollars have been spent by the Aymaras on costumes and other preparations for the procession and the days of festivities surrounding it, in this, the poorest country in South America.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2010

The Paka-Jakes settled on the land around holy Lake Titicaca, recreated the Aymaras, and named the province Pacajes after themselves.

From Time Magazine Archive

The shape was probably produced by bandaging the infant head, which was a common practice among the Aymaras and other South American Indian tribes.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the banks of the river Paraguay and the steppes of the Bolivian Cordilleras are unquestionably the earliest traditional homes of both Tupis and Aymaras.

From The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America by Daniel Garrison Brinton