Arauá

noun

¦arə¦wä

plural Arauá or Arauás

1

a

: a group of Indian peoples of western Brazil

b

: a member of one of these peoples

2

: the language of the Arauá people considered by some Americanists to constitute an independent language family and by others to be a branch of Arawakan

Word History

Etymology

Spanish araua, arauá, aragua, of American Indian origin

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