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

Juan Manuel Pavlov, of the Fuegian Tourism Institute, said more than 95% of boats to Antarctica leave from the port.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

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

From Salon • Jun. 19, 2024

Pecheray, Fuegian expression, anecdotes, 313, 314, 315 mentioned again, 320.

From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert

In the canoe were an old woman, her daughter, and a child, and on shore were two Fuegian men with several dogs.

From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert

Those on the Fuegian side are called canoe Indians, as the canoe forms their universal and indeed only mode of transportation.

From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray