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Tu⋅pi

[too-pee, too-pee]
–noun, plural -pis, (especially collectively) -pi for 1.
1. a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, esp. the Amazon.
2. the language spoken in northern Brazil by the Tupi Indians.
Also, Tu⋅pí.


Tu⋅pi⋅an, adjective
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Tu·pi   (tōō'pē, tōō-pē')   
n.   pl. Tupi or Tu·pis
  1. A member of any of a group of South American Indian peoples living along the coast of Brazil, in the Amazon River valley, and in Paraguay.

  2. The Tupian language of the Tupi.

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