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 • Dec. 17, 2025

The six-inch-long reptile, called a jararanko—which translates to “lizard” in the Indigenous Aymara language—climbs onto a rock, basking in the sunlight.

From National Geographic • Oct. 26, 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

At the college, she came up with the idea of incorporating famous icons of feminine beauty with the features and clothing of Aymara women like herself.

From Reuters • Jun. 1, 2022

Thus the name Aymara is now generally but quite erroneously applied to the language and people of this region; it was first so used in 1575.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court