Carajá

noun

Ca·​ra·​já

¦karə¦hä

variants or less commonly Caraya

-¦yä

plural Carajá or Carajás also Caraya or Carayas

1

a

: a people or group of peoples of eastern Brazil

b

: a member of such people

2

: the language of the Carajá people constituting a language family

Word History

Etymology

Spanish & Portuguese, from Carajá, literally, great people

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