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Arawak
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Ar·a·wak  (r-wäk)
n. pl. Arawak or Ar·a·waks
1. A member of a South American Indian people formerly inhabiting much of the Greater Antilles and now living chiefly in certain regions of Guiana.
2. The Arawakan language of the Arawak.
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Noun1.ArawakArawak - a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America
Arawakan
Amerindian, Native American - any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
2.Arawak - a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America
Arawakan
American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, American Indian, Indian - any of the languages spoken by Amerindians


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Its very population is a direct result of the African slave trade, European migration, and later immigration from various parts of mostly the British empire, while little is left of the indigenous Arawaks or Caribs.
Sugarcane as History in Paule Marshall's "To Da-Duh, in Memoriam" by Japtok, Martin / African American Review
The aboriginal peoples of the island, the Arawaks, were conquered by the Caribs--maritime warriors who raided distant places, capturing the women and holding them as slave-wives and killing the men.
"Turning and Turning in the Widening Gyre": A Second Coming into ... by Barak, Julie / MELUS
This "culture" was so confident, Greenblatt notes, that "it expected perfect strangers--the Arawaks of the Caribbeanto .
Marvelous Possessions: The Wonder of the New World by Deen, Leonard / Commonweal
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