ARAWAKAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arawakan mean? 

• ARAWAKAN (noun)
  The noun ARAWAKAN has 2 senses:

1. a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America

2. a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America

  Familiarity information: ARAWAKAN used as a noun is rare.

• ARAWAKAN (adjective)
  The adjective ARAWAKAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the peoples who speak the language of the Arawak

  Familiarity information: ARAWAKAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARAWAKAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Arawak; Arawakan

Hypernyms ("Arawakan" is a kind of...):

Amerindian; Native American (any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived)

Derivation:

Arawakan (of or relating to the peoples who speak the language of the Arawak)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Arawak; Arawakan

Hypernyms ("Arawakan" is a kind of...):

American-Indian language; American Indian; Amerind; Amerindian language; Indian (any of the languages spoken by Amerindians)

• ARAWAKAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the peoples who speak the language of the Arawak

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Arawak (a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America)

Arawak (a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America)

Derivation:

Arawak (a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America)

Arawak; Arawakan (a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America)