A member of a South American Indian people inhabiting a region in southern Argentina and Chile, and alleged by early European travellers to be the…

A member of a pre-Incan people inhabiting the Peruvian coast, also known as the Moche (see Moche, adj. n.2), or a modern descendant of this people.

A member of a group of indigenous peoples inhabiting the Caribbean and northern South America. Also: spec. the Lokono people.

A member of a group of indigenous peoples inhabiting the Caribbean and northern South America. Cf. Arawak, n. 1.

(A member of) a Brazilian Indian people not of Tupi stock. Also attributive or as adj.

A member of a South American Indian people of Peru and neighbouring parts of Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador. Cf. Quechuan, n. 2.

A member of an indigenous people inhabiting French Guiana and parts of Surinam, northern Brazil, northern Guyana and northeastern and coastal…

A member of a South American people formerly inhabiting the Gran Chaco region of Argentina and Paraguay.

A member of an Araucanian Indian people chiefly inhabiting the Bio Bio region of Chile. Cf. Mapuche, n.

A native or inhabitant of Patagonia, a region of South America in southern Argentina and Chile. In early use spec. = Patagon, n.; (in extended…

a member of any of various indigenous peoples living near the Amazon river or in the Amazon basin.

A member of an indigenous people inhabiting parts of Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

(A member of) a South American Indian people inhabiting the Patagonian plain of southern Argentina; = Patagonian, n.

= Abipon, n. 1.

a member of a people in Suriname having deformed hands and feet (see quot.).

One of the main divisions of Tupi-Guarani, a family of South American Indian languages; also, a speaker of one of these languages. Also attributive…

(A member of) a South American Indian people inhabiting the upper Ucayali River region in the Andes Mountains of Peru.

A member of the Mapuche Indian people of central Chile and Argentina.

A group of extinct tribes on the coast of Brazil; a person belonging to one of these tribes. Also attributive.

A member of a South American Indian people formerly inhabiting Colombia; = Chibcha, n.

(A member of) a South American people inhabiting the Gran Chaco area of Paraguay.

A member of a South American Indian people inhabiting the Paraguayan Gran Chaco area; also attributive or as adj.

A member of an indigenous people of Tierra del Fuego.

A member of an indigenous people inhabiting southern Guyana and northern Brazil.

A member of an indigenous people inhabiting the upper reaches of the Essequibo and Mapuera rivers in Brazil, Guyana, and Suriname.

colloquial. Any present-day inhabitant of the Peninsula or of the Mexican state of Yucatán in its northern part.

A native language widely spoken in Brazil, which has yielded various names of animals, plants, etc.; the group of tribes speaking this language; a…

Tupi-Guarani/ɡwɑːrəˈniː/, also unhyphened: a South American linguistic and ethnic stock of which Tupi and Guarani are the most prominent members…

A member of any of various indigenous peoples living near the Amazon river or in the Amazon basin. Cf. Amazonian Indian n. at compounds.

(A member of) an Indian people mainly inhabiting the plateau lands of Bolivia and Peru near Lake Titicaca. Also, the language of this people.

An Indian people of Ecuador and Peru; a member of this people; also, the language of this people or a group of related languages of which this is…

A member of an indigenous people inhabiting the Caribbean and northern South America. Cf. Arawak, n. 1.

= Quechua, n. 1.

A member of such a people

A member of any of the Araucanian Indian peoples of central Chile and Argentina.

(A member of) an Indian people of Colombia, having an ancient civilization; also, the language of this people. Also attributive.

A member of a South American Indian people formerly inhabiting the islands of Tierra del Fuego.

(A member of) one of the three indigenous peoples of Tierra del Fuego, found in the most southerly part of the islands. Also attributive or as adj.

(A member of) an Arawak group of South American Indians of the southern Mato Grosso in Brazil; the language of this group. Also attributive.

(A member of) any of several groups of semi-nomadic Indians of the interior savanna of central and east-central Brazil, esp. the Akwẽ-Xavante. Also…

With capital initial. (A member of) a South American Indian people inhabiting parts of north-eastern Brazil, known esp. for their feather-work art.

A native or inhabitant of the upper reaches of the river Saramacca. rare.

(A member of) a South American Indian people, inhabiting parts of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil.

= Mochica, n. 1. rare.