Bainoa

noun

Bai·​noa

bīˈnōə

plural Bainoa or Bainoas

1

: an Arawakan people of Haiti and southwestern Santo Domingo

2

: a member of the Bainoa people

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, of American Indian origin

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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