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arawakan

Ar·a·wak·an
A a

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ar-uh-wah-kuh n, -wak-uh n]
    • /ˌær əˈwɑ kən, -ˈwæk ən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ar-uh-wah-kuh n, -wak-uh n]
    • /ˌær əˈwɑ kən, -ˈwæk ən/

Definitions of arawakan word

  • noun arawakan a family of American Indian languages found throughout NE South America 3
  • adjective arawakan of or relating to the peoples speaking these languages 3
  • noun arawakan a family of South American Indian languages, including Arawak 3
  • adjective arawakan designating or of this family of languages 3
  • noun arawakan a family of numerous and widely scattered languages spoken formerly from Florida to Chile but now only in South America. 1
  • noun arawakan a member of a group of Indian peoples who spoke these languages. 1

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Origin of arawakan

First appearance:

before 1905
One of the 15% newest English words
First recorded in 1905-10; Arawak + -an

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Parts of speech for Arawakan

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

arawakan popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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