Arawakan

noun

Ar·​a·​wak·​an ˌa-rə-ˈwä-kən 

-ˈwa-,

ˌer-ə-

plural Arawakan or Arawakans

1

: a member of a group of Indian peoples of South America and the West Indies

2

: the language family of the Arawakan peoples

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1