Aymara
Americannoun
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a member of an Indian people living in the mountainous regions around Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and Peru.
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the language of the Aymara people.
noun
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a member of a South American Indian people of Bolivia and Peru
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the language of this people, probably related to Quechua
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Origin of Aymara
First recorded in 1855–60
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Bolivia is a country of 12 million people, many of them members of the Aymara and Quechua indigenous groups living in the high mountains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
The Aymara women fear climate change could sweep away their jobs.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
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
Once there, they knelt, praying in Aymara, Quechua as well as Spanish, their eyes tightly closed with hands extended to the heavens.
From Reuters ● Oct. 7, 2023
Heel, small projection of, in the Aymara Indians.
From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles
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
He was also the hero-god of the Aymaras, and about him, says Father Ludovico Bertonio, "they to this day relate many fables and follies."
From American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
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