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单词 arawakan
释义

Arawakan

[ ar-uh-wah-kuhn, -wak-uhn ]
/ ˌær əˈwɑ kən, -ˈwæk ən /

noun

a family of numerous languages that developed in ancient South America and spread north to Central America and to islands in the Caribbean and Atlantic.
a member of the Arawak or related Indigenous people who speak, or once spoke, these languages.

adjective

of or belonging to this language family or its speakers or to the Arawak.

Origin of Arawakan

First recorded in 1905–10; Arawak + -an

Words nearby Arawakan

Araucana, Araucania, Araucanian, araucaria, Arawak, Arawakan, Arawn, Araxá, Araxes, arb, arba kanfoth
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Example sentences from the Web for Arawakan

  • In the languages of this region there are to be detected perhaps a few loan-words from Arawakan or Cariban dialects.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4|Various
  • In the east also there are evidences of the influence of Arawakan culture from the West Indies.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Arawakan

Arawakan
/ (ˌærəˈwækən) /

noun

a family of American Indian languages found throughout NE South America

adjective

of or relating to the peoples speaking these languages
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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