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TUPI-GUARANI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tupi-Guarani mean?
• TUPI-GUARANI (noun)
The noun TUPI-GUARANI has 1 sense:
1. a family of South American Indian languages
Familiarity information: TUPI-GUARANI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of South American Indian languages
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Tupi-Guarani; Tupi-Guarani language
Hypernyms ("Tupi-Guarani" is a kind of...):
American-Indian language; American Indian; Amerind; Amerindian language; Indian (any of the languages spoken by Amerindians)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Tupi-Guarani"):
Guarani (the language spoken by the Guarani of Paraguay and Bolivia)
Tupi (the language spoken by the Tupi of Brazil and Paraguay)
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