Arawak
noun
Ar·a·wak ˈa-rə-ˌwäk 
-ˌwak,
ˈer-ə-
plural Arawak or Arawaks
1
: a member of an Indian people of the Arawakan group now living chiefly along the coast of Guyana
2
: the language of the Arawak people
Word History
Etymology
earlier Arwaca, Aroaca, an Arawak subgroup of 16th century Trinidad, perhaps from an Arawak name for the subgroup
First Known Use
1769, in the meaning defined at sense 1