Atorai

noun

Ato·​rai

¦ätə¦rī

variants or less commonly Ataroi

¦ätə¦rȯi

plural Atorai or Atorais also Ataroi or Atarois

1

a

: an Arawakan people of the headwaters of the Essequibo river in British Guiana

b

: a member of such people

2

: the language of the Atorai people

Word History

Etymology

Spanish & Portuguese, of American Indian origin

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