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ARAWAKAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Arawakan mean?
• ARAWAKAN (noun)
The noun ARAWAKAN has 2 senses:
1. a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America
2. a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America
Familiarity information: ARAWAKAN used as a noun is rare.
• ARAWAKAN (adjective)
The adjective ARAWAKAN has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to the peoples who speak the language of the Arawak
Familiarity information: ARAWAKAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Arawak; Arawakan
Hypernyms ("Arawakan" is a kind of...):
Amerindian; Native American (any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived)
Derivation:
Arawakan (of or relating to the peoples who speak the language of the Arawak)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Arawak; Arawakan
Hypernyms ("Arawakan" is a kind of...):
American-Indian language; American Indian; Amerind; Amerindian language; Indian (any of the languages spoken by Amerindians)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the peoples who speak the language of the Arawak
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Arawak (a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America)
Arawak (a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America)
Derivation:
Arawak (a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America)
Arawak; Arawakan (a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America)
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