Fuegian

American  

[fyoo-ee-jee-uhn, fwey-jee-] / fjuˈi 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

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Fuegian

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

It appears that four Fuegian women, one of whom was about forty years of age, and the others respectively about twenty, twenty-five, and thirty, were picked up adrift in the strait a few years ago.

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

I never met people so sensible of cold as these Fuegian Indians.

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

When York Minster, a Fuegian on board the “Beagle” was taken back to his country, the natives told him he ought to pull out the few short hairs on his face.

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) by Darwin, Charles