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Taino

[ tahy-noh ]
/ ˈtaɪ noʊ /
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noun, plural Tai·nos, (especially collectively) Tai·no for 1.

a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
the language of the Taino.

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Examples from the Web for taino

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British Dictionary definitions for taino

Taino

/ (ˈtaɪnəʊ) /

noun

plural -nos or -no a member of an American Indian people of the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas
the language of this people, belonging to the Arawakan family
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Word Origin and History for taino

Taino

from Taino nitayno "the first, the good."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper