Aymara

[ahy-mah-rah]

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.

Aymara

/ 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

Other Word Forms

• Aymaran adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Aymara¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Word History and Origins

Origin of Aymara¹

from Spanish aimará, of American Indian origin

Example Sentences

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."

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Under Evo Morales, a left-wing Aymara indigenous leader and socialist, Bolivia expelled the American ambassador, counterdrug officials and U.S. development agencies.

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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.

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Leading the fiery demonstrations was Evo Morales, a native Aymara cocalero from the Chapare and the president of a powerful coca-growers’ union, raging against neoliberal economics and the war on coca — both seen as stand-ins for gringo imperialism.

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

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