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Definition of Arawak in English: ArawaknounPlural Arawaks ˈarəwakˈerəˌwäk 1A member of a group of peoples now living mainly in Guiana, but originally from the Greater Antilles and adjacent parts of South America. Example sentencesExamples - The Carib Indians violently displaced the Arawak tribes around 1000 C.E. and called the island Camerhogne, until they also were driven out.
- Intermarriage of the Arawaks and Caribs resulted in a new people called the Island Caribs.
- Prior to European discovery, both Arawak and Carib Indians had been on the islands with the Caribs having possession when Columbus arrived.
- Its very population is a direct result of the African slave trade, European migration, and later immigration from various parts of mostly the British empire, while little is left of the indigenous Arawaks or Caribs.
- The warlike Carib people drove the Arawaks from neighboring islands but apparently did not settle on either Antigua or Barbuda.
- The Arawak called the island, Xymaca, which means ‘land of wood and water‘.
- The islands were originally inhabited by the Arawaks, Caribs, and other Amerindians.
- One of these groups, the Arawaks, settled in Anguilla more or less permanently in about 2000 B.C.E.
- You will learn how the contributions of East Indians, Arawaks, Chinese, Africans and others have made Jamaican dishes so very appealing.
- In the pre-Columbian period, Arawaks and later Caribs moved to the region from coastal South America.
- The Spanish subsequently raided the islands, attacking and enslaving the Arawaks, but did not settle there.
- Fewer than one hundred of the native settlers, the Arawaks, currently live in the central part of the country.
- Amerindian groups include the Caribs, the Arawaks, and the Warraus.
- The male and female depicted on the Coat of Arms are Arawak people.
- The earliest settlers in the Virgin Islands were the Indian tribes of the Ciboneys, the Arawaks and the Caribs.
- The Arawaks explained the mysteries of everyday life in their myths.
- The Arawaks, the first inhabitants of Jamaica, buried their dead in secluded, tranquil places not easily reached… The places where they took their dead they called Coyaba, the places of tranquillity.
- The Virgin Islands were originally settled by the Ciboney, Carib, and Arawaks.
- By the way, I say Arawak / Taino Indians because I was brought up reading history books which called the native Indians Arawaks.
- Catholicism on the island dates back to the earliest presence of the Spanish conquistadors, who brought Catholic missionaries to convert native Arawaks to Christianity and train them in Spanish customs and culture.
2mass noun Any of the languages of the Arawak. Example sentencesExamples - They called themselves the ‘Taino'. He further suggests that their language was called Arawak.
- There are still twenty-five surviving indigenous languages belonging to three linguistic families: Caribans, Arawak, and Chibcha.
- Each of a dozen native groups speaks a different Carib, Arawak, or Warrau dialect.
adjective ˈarəwakˈerəˌwäk Relating to the Arawak or their languages. Example sentencesExamples - The first settlers of this region, the Warrau Indians, arrived here before 900 AD, and were later followed by Carib and Arawak tribes
- On his first voyage Columbus explored various islands of the Bahamas, the north east coast of Cuba and part of the north coast of Hispaniola - La Isla Espanola - or Haiti, the Arawak name by which it is called to-day.
- Jamaica supplied hammocks (an Arawak invention) and cotton cloth to Cuba and Haiti, and the Spaniards themselves had sailcloth made in Jamaica.
- When Christopher Columbus arrived in Jamaica in 1494 it was inhabited by peaceful Arawak Indians.
- The Asháninka language belongs to the pre-Andean Arawak linguistic family.
- The word comes from the Spanish barbacoa, which in turn had probably come from a similar word in the Arawak language, denoting a structure on which meat could be dried or roasted.
- The English found the island uninhabited when they landed in 1625, although archaeological findings have documented prior habitation by Carib and Arawak Native Americans.
- Pottery and other remnants have been found on the property which are remains of the Arawak and Carib Indians who settled here about 1500 years ago.
- She was originally from an Arawak village in South America, where she was captured as a child, taken to Barbados as a captive, and sold into slavery.
- In the Arawak language Carriacou means ‘Land of Reefs‘.
- Nevertheless, his enthusiasm is undiminished, as he assists with preparations for the Arawak village, the decking and preparation of the boat; and his own part in the Landing which precedes the offerings on the beach.
- He traced the gender differences to the intermarriage of Carib men to Arawak women.
- The Caribs plundered the Arawak villages, destroying the dwellings, securing the supplies, and killing most of the men.
- Many escaped plantations and slave ships then took shelter into dark mountain jungles where Jamaica's extinct Arawak natives once inhabited.
- Beyond is a higher limestone hill, Wareika (said to be an Arawak name), and behind that is Dallas Mountain, which takes its name from a family whose descendants emigrated to the United States and achieved great prominence.
- Before the arrival of Europeans, the region was inhabited by both Carib and Arawak tribes, who named it Guiana, which means land of many waters.
- The native language of the Garifuna (called Garifuna or Garinagu) comes from the Arawak and Carib languages of their island ancestors.
- Heritage tourists will enjoy the Carib and Arawak petroglyphs and rock carvings just north of Layou.
- Black Carib, also known as Garifuna language, is an amalgam of an Arawak language, African vocabulary, and some English additions.
Definition of Arawak in US English: Arawaknounˈerəˌwäk 1A member of a group of peoples now living mainly in Guiana, but originally from the Greater Antilles and adjacent parts of South America. Example sentencesExamples - Intermarriage of the Arawaks and Caribs resulted in a new people called the Island Caribs.
- The Arawaks explained the mysteries of everyday life in their myths.
- The Spanish subsequently raided the islands, attacking and enslaving the Arawaks, but did not settle there.
- Its very population is a direct result of the African slave trade, European migration, and later immigration from various parts of mostly the British empire, while little is left of the indigenous Arawaks or Caribs.
- You will learn how the contributions of East Indians, Arawaks, Chinese, Africans and others have made Jamaican dishes so very appealing.
- The Virgin Islands were originally settled by the Ciboney, Carib, and Arawaks.
- Prior to European discovery, both Arawak and Carib Indians had been on the islands with the Caribs having possession when Columbus arrived.
- The Arawaks, the first inhabitants of Jamaica, buried their dead in secluded, tranquil places not easily reached… The places where they took their dead they called Coyaba, the places of tranquillity.
- Amerindian groups include the Caribs, the Arawaks, and the Warraus.
- One of these groups, the Arawaks, settled in Anguilla more or less permanently in about 2000 B.C.E.
- The male and female depicted on the Coat of Arms are Arawak people.
- The Arawak called the island, Xymaca, which means ‘land of wood and water‘.
- The warlike Carib people drove the Arawaks from neighboring islands but apparently did not settle on either Antigua or Barbuda.
- By the way, I say Arawak / Taino Indians because I was brought up reading history books which called the native Indians Arawaks.
- In the pre-Columbian period, Arawaks and later Caribs moved to the region from coastal South America.
- Fewer than one hundred of the native settlers, the Arawaks, currently live in the central part of the country.
- The earliest settlers in the Virgin Islands were the Indian tribes of the Ciboneys, the Arawaks and the Caribs.
- The Carib Indians violently displaced the Arawak tribes around 1000 C.E. and called the island Camerhogne, until they also were driven out.
- Catholicism on the island dates back to the earliest presence of the Spanish conquistadors, who brought Catholic missionaries to convert native Arawaks to Christianity and train them in Spanish customs and culture.
- The islands were originally inhabited by the Arawaks, Caribs, and other Amerindians.
2Any of the languages of the Arawak. Example sentencesExamples - Each of a dozen native groups speaks a different Carib, Arawak, or Warrau dialect.
- There are still twenty-five surviving indigenous languages belonging to three linguistic families: Caribans, Arawak, and Chibcha.
- They called themselves the ‘Taino'. He further suggests that their language was called Arawak.
adjectiveˈerəˌwäk Relating to the Arawak or their languages. Example sentencesExamples - Before the arrival of Europeans, the region was inhabited by both Carib and Arawak tribes, who named it Guiana, which means land of many waters.
- She was originally from an Arawak village in South America, where she was captured as a child, taken to Barbados as a captive, and sold into slavery.
- When Christopher Columbus arrived in Jamaica in 1494 it was inhabited by peaceful Arawak Indians.
- He traced the gender differences to the intermarriage of Carib men to Arawak women.
- Many escaped plantations and slave ships then took shelter into dark mountain jungles where Jamaica's extinct Arawak natives once inhabited.
- Nevertheless, his enthusiasm is undiminished, as he assists with preparations for the Arawak village, the decking and preparation of the boat; and his own part in the Landing which precedes the offerings on the beach.
- The first settlers of this region, the Warrau Indians, arrived here before 900 AD, and were later followed by Carib and Arawak tribes
- Beyond is a higher limestone hill, Wareika (said to be an Arawak name), and behind that is Dallas Mountain, which takes its name from a family whose descendants emigrated to the United States and achieved great prominence.
- Jamaica supplied hammocks (an Arawak invention) and cotton cloth to Cuba and Haiti, and the Spaniards themselves had sailcloth made in Jamaica.
- Pottery and other remnants have been found on the property which are remains of the Arawak and Carib Indians who settled here about 1500 years ago.
- The Caribs plundered the Arawak villages, destroying the dwellings, securing the supplies, and killing most of the men.
- The native language of the Garifuna (called Garifuna or Garinagu) comes from the Arawak and Carib languages of their island ancestors.
- In the Arawak language Carriacou means ‘Land of Reefs‘.
- The Asháninka language belongs to the pre-Andean Arawak linguistic family.
- Heritage tourists will enjoy the Carib and Arawak petroglyphs and rock carvings just north of Layou.
- The English found the island uninhabited when they landed in 1625, although archaeological findings have documented prior habitation by Carib and Arawak Native Americans.
- On his first voyage Columbus explored various islands of the Bahamas, the north east coast of Cuba and part of the north coast of Hispaniola - La Isla Espanola - or Haiti, the Arawak name by which it is called to-day.
- The word comes from the Spanish barbacoa, which in turn had probably come from a similar word in the Arawak language, denoting a structure on which meat could be dried or roasted.
- Black Carib, also known as Garifuna language, is an amalgam of an Arawak language, African vocabulary, and some English additions.
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