Fuegianadj.n.
/fuːˈiːdʒɪən//ˈfweɪdʒɪən/ A. adj.
Of or relating to Tierra del Fuego, or its inhabitants.
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the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [adjective] > Indians of South America
Arawakan1596
Patagonian?1609
Arawak1625
Abiponian1786
Araucanian1809
Quechua1811
Muisca1814
Fuegian1825
Wapishana1836
Wai Wai1840
Pehuenche1843
Quechuan1862
Incarial1863
Mochica1871
Yucatecan1871
Shipibo1875
Yucatec1875
Incaean1880
Incan1885
Guaycuru1891
Jivaroan1902
Tehuelchian1902
Tupian1902
Xavante1904
Incarian1909
Abipon1912
Incaic1926
Lokono1953
Mochican1953
Saramaccan1959
Mapuche1961
Yahgan1961
Yanomamö1967
urubu1983
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > Central and South America > [adjective] > South America > specific parts > Tierra del Fuego
Fuegian1825
1825 J. Weddell Voy. S. Pole vi. 161 According to the Fuegian mode of salutation, they soon commenced shouting.
1871 C. M. Yonge Pioneers & Founders x. 274 The poor little ship..drifting near the Fuegian coast.
1900 J. G. Frazer Golden Bough (ed. 2) I. i. 120 Fuegian wizards throw shells against the wind to make it drop.
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Mar. 167/2 Tasmanian or Fuegian equivalents of eternity, omniscience and so on.
B. n.
A member of an indigenous people of Tierra del Fuego.
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the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [noun] > Indians of South America
Patagona1544
Mochica1581
Arawak1596
Arawakan1596
Tapuia1613
Quechua1688
Galibi1698
Abipon1717
Pehuenche1756
Patagonian1767
Amazonian Indian1769
Warao1769
Tehuelche1774
Abiponian1786
two-finger1796
Guarani1797
Shipibo1805
Araucanian1809
Tupinamba1810
Muisca1814
Pampas Indian1820
Guaycuru1822
Lengua1822
Fuegian1825
Wapishana1836
Wai Wai1840
Yucatec1843
Tupi1845
Tupi-Guarani1850
Amazonian1858
Aymara1860
Jivaro1862
Lokono1868
Quechuan1871
Yucatecan1871
Yunca1871
Mapuche1876
Chibcha1877
Ona1884
Yahgan1884
Terena1891
Xavante1904
urubu1948
Saramaccan1959
Yanomamö1965
Mochican1967
1825 J. Weddell Voy. S. Pole vi. 148 It was not long before the Fuegians arrived within hearing; and soon made themselves known by a singing noise.
1871 C. M. Yonge Pioneers & Founders x. 273 The Fuegians are as degraded a people as any on the face of the earth.
1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xix. 110 The Fuegians, in Darwin's voyage, wondered at the small boats,..but took the big ship as a ‘matter of course’.
1918 G. B. Shaw in W.E.A. Educ. Yearbk. 1918 22 A certificate classing you with a Fuegian or with Plato or Shakespear.
1969 Nature 6 Dec. 974/1 Once round the Horn, the three pathetic Fuegians who had spent a year or so in Britain..landed.
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adj.n.1825