Arawakan

Ar·a·wa·kan  (r-wäkn)

n. pl. Arawakan or Ar·a·wa·kans

1. A member of a widespread group of Indian peoples living in an area of South America that includes parts of Colombia, Venezuela, Guiana, the Amazon basin of Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, and formerly most of the Greater Antilles.

2. The largest and most important Indian linguistic family in South America, consisting of the languages spoken by the Arawakan peoples.

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Ara·wakan adj.

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Arawakan [ˌærəˈwækən]

n

(Linguistics / Languages) a family of American Indian languages found throughout NE South America

adj

(Social Science / Peoples) of or relating to the peoples speaking these languages

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Arawakan - a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America Arawak Amerindian, Native American - any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
	2.	Arawakan - a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America Arawak American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, American Indian, Indian - any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
Adj.	1.	Arawakan - of or relating to the peoples who speak the language of the Arawak