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Arawakan

[ar-uh-wah-kuhn, -wak-uhn]

noun

a family of numerous and widely scattered languages spoken formerly from Florida to Chile but now only in South America.

a member of a group of Indian peoples who spoke these languages.

adjective

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

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Origin:
1905–10; Arawak + -an

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Arawakan (ˌærəˈwækən)

—n
1.	a family of American Indian languages found throughout NE South America

—*adj*
2.	of or relating to the peoples speaking these languages

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