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Ar•a•wak•an
(ar′ə wä′kən, -wak′ən),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
- Language Varietiesa family of numerous and widely scattered languages spoken formerly from Florida to Chile but now only in South America.
- Anthropology, Language Varietiesa member of a group of Indian peoples who spoke these languages.
adj.
- Anthropology, Language Varietiesof or belonging to this language family or its speakers or to the Arawak.
- Arawak + -an 1905–10
'Arawakan' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):