Kalina
Americannoun
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a member of an Indigenous people of French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela, northern Brazil, and northern Guyana.
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the Carib language of the Kalina.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Kalina
First recorded in 1950–55; from Kalina: literally, “strong men,” a self-designation; cf. Carib ( def. )
Example Sentences
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In the taekwondo events, Cunningham beat North Macedonia's Dejan Georgievski to scoop gold, but double Olympic medallist Bianca Cook lost to Bulgaria's Kalina Boyadzhieva in the women's +73 kg bronze medal contest.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2023
“We’ve had a very rigid concept of nation in the past,” said Lucia de Sola, an editor of the San Salvador-based literary publisher Editorial Kalina.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
“I started checking the account every single day to make sure they were okay,” Kalina Newman, 24, a graduate student in Washington, said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2022
YouTube, uploaded by Noah Kalina, 13 Jan. 2020.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
A mention of Jungmann and Kalina, and the Slav Congress of 1848.
From From a Terrace in Prague by Baker, Lieut.-Col. B. Granville
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