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Tai⋅no

  [tahy-noh]
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–noun, plural -nos, (especially collectively) -no for 1.
1. a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
2. the language of the Taino.
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Tai·no   (tī'nō)   
n.   pl. Taino or Tai·nos

  1. A member of an Arawak people of the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas who became extinct under Spanish colonization during the 16th century.

  2. The language of this people.


[Spanish, of American Indian origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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