Fuegian

American  

[fyoo-ee-jee-uhn, fwey-jee-] / fyuˈi dʒi ən, ˈfweɪ dʒi- /

adjective

1. of or belonging to Tierra del Fuego or its Indigenous Indians.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Tierra del Fuego.

Fuegian British  

/ ˈfweɪdʒ-, fjuːˈiːdʒɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Tierra del Fuego or its indigenous Indians

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noun

1. an Indian of Tierra del Fuego

Etymology

Origin of Fuegian

First recorded in 1815–25; (Tierra del) Fueg(o) ( def. ) + -ian

Example Sentences

Indeed, the extinct Fuegian dog, a domesticated form of the culpeo fox native to South America, participated in animal hunts.

From Salon

What to do: Take an adventure cruise with Stella Australis that retraces the route of Charles Darwin and the HMS Beagle through the secluded Fuegian Archipelago at the bottom of South America to legendary Cape Horn.

From Washington Times

Darwin’s reputation looms large in this region; although the naturalist is most closely associated with the Galápagos Islands, he spent more time in southern Patagonia, where he studied not turtles but the native Fuegian people.

From New York Times

"The beavers, who eat branches of trees and bark, will find abundance here," the newscaster stated, as the camera pans across kilometers of virgin Fuegian forests.

From Scientific American

Darwin understood the importance of second natures noting that: “anything performed very often by us, will at last be done without deliberation or hesitation, and can then hardly be distinguished from an instinct” and that “nature by making habit omnipotent, and its effects hereditary, has fitted the Fuegian” to his environment.

From Scientific American