Galibi

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Ga·li·bi

 (gə-lē′bē)
n. pl. Galibi or Ga·li·bis
1. A member of the Carib people of French Guiana.
2. The language of the Galibi.

[Carib, strong man, Galibi; see cannibal.]
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Galibi

(ɡɑːˈliːbɪ)
npl -bi or -bis
1. (Peoples) a member of an American Indian people of French Guiana
2. (Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Carib family
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Sao casos que envolvem comunidades situadas em 12 estados, com povos e contextos economicos e socioambientais bastante diversos, como os Galibi, Karipuna e Palikur, no Amapa; diversas etnias do Vale do Javari/AM; os Tupinamba e os Pataxo na Bahia; os Xakriaba em Minas Gerais; os Tingui-Boto em Alagoas; os Terena no Mato Grosso do Sul; os Bororo no Mato Grosso; e os Kaingang no Parana.
Thirty-five identified themselves as Paliku; fourteen self-identified as Galibi; seven were European by background; fourteen were Brazilian; one was Hmong; and forty-six were Creole.
Kuzey Kore yonetimi, savasi, bir galibi olmamasina ragmen verdikleri mucadele sayesinde Amerikalilarin butun bir yarimadayi somurgelestirme amacinin bosa cikarildigini ifade ederek, bir zafer olarak adlandirmaktadir.
Nesting populations by contribution (largest to lowest): CR: Tortuguero, Costa Rica; MEX: Quintana Roo, Mexico; EcFL: East Central Florida, USA; SUR: Matapica and Galibi, Suriname; CUB: southwest Cuba; SFL: Florida, USA; GB: Poilao, Guinea-Bissau; ASC: Ascension Island; AV: Aves Island, Venezuela; BUC: Buck Island; TRI: Trindade Island, Brazil; RC/FN: Rocas Atol and Fernando Noronha, Brazil; BIO: Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea; STP: Sao Tome and Principe.
Factors disturbing leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriaceo) on two nesting beaches within Suriname's Galibi Nature Preserve.
In Brazil, other indigenous groups, such as the Tucuna, Makuxi, Galibi, Karipuna, Pauaxiana, Jauari, and Kaigang, also adopted similar dental modifications for the same reasons since the practice of intentional dental modification has never been demonstrated in Brazilian archeological sites prior to contact [4,8-10].
(7) The sites of subjects and groups pertaining to the following indigenous people were mapped: Ashaninka, Atikum, Fulni-o, Galibi, Galibi-Marworno, Guajajara, Guarani Mbya, Guarani Nandeva, Kaingang, Kamayura, Karipuna, Kariri-Xoco, Kaxinawa, Kaxixo, Kiriri, Korubo, Krenak, Kuikuro, Maxacali, Maytapu, Munduruku, Mura, Palikur, Pankarare, Pankararu, Pataxo Ha-Ha-Hae, Potiguara, Surui, Tapeba, Tapuya, Terena, Ticuna, Truka, Tumbalala, Tupinamba, Xakriaba, Xavante, Xucuru-Kariri, Xukuru.
On this point he had to agree with the local Galibi Indians, who called Paria "Barohui enetale", i.e., Mainland's Nose.
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