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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“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
Although it is not shared by his medical school friends Geraldo Aguiar and Kalina Sá, who are sitting with him at his dining table, enjoying a glass of wine.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2022
Gold medal favorite Kalina Valieva finished her disastrous final performance at Thursday’s Olympics and skated over to the edge of the rink, where her Russian Olympic Committee coach began to reprimand her.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2022
YouTube, uploaded by Noah Kalina, 13 Jan. 2020.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
Kalina, a prominent leader of the State Right Party, said:
From Independent Bohemia An Account of the Czecho-Slovak Struggle for Liberty by Nosek, Vladimír
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