Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a South American Indian people formerly inhabiting much of the Greater Antilles and now living chiefly in certain regions of Guiana.
- noun The Arawakan language of the Arawak.
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- adjective Pertaining to the Arawak peoples or their languages.
- proper noun An
Amerindian people who lived in the region of theCaribbean when theSpanish arrived in America. - proper noun A group of
Amerindian languages spoken around the Caribbean. - proper noun A
Caribbean language belonging to this group.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America
- noun a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America
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Examples
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Our SUP boards, rented from a company called Arawak Expeditions, are well used, wide as a single mattress and 10 and 11 feet long, designed for stability.
NYT > Home Page By WENDY PLUMP 2011
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GENEVA -- (Marketwire - April 24, 2009) - Arawak Energy Limited ( "Arawak" or the "Company") announces that following the successful offer by Rosco S.A. ( "Rosco") to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Arawak, the Company's shares have been delisted from trading on the London Stock Exchange effective 24 April 2009.
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GENEVA -- 04 / 24 / 09 -- Arawak Energy Limited ( "Arawak" or the "Company") announces that following the successful offer by Rosco S.A. ( "Rosco") to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Arawak, the Company's shares have been delisted from trading on the London Stock Exchange effective 24 April 2009.
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GENEVA -- (Marketwire) -- 04 / 24 / 09 -- Arawak Energy Limited ( "Arawak" or the "Company") announces that following the successful offer by Rosco S.A. ( "Rosco") to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Arawak, the Company's shares have been delisted from trading on the London Stock Exchange effective 24 April 2009.
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And so I look forward to next Thanksgiving with words once whispered to me by a Canadian Mohawk Warrior, who said: "Each year we Indians give thanks that Columbus thought he'd bumped up on the beaches of Calcutta and called our Arawak brothers
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If the Spaniards ran short of meat to feed the dogs, Arawak babies were killed for dog food.
Eric Kasum: Columbus Day? True Legacy: Cruelty and Slavery Eric Kasum 2010
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If the Spaniards ran short of meat to feed the dogs, Arawak babies were killed for dog food.
Eric Kasum: Columbus Day? True Legacy: Cruelty and Slavery Eric Kasum 2010
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If the Spaniards ran short of meat to feed the dogs, Arawak babies were killed for dog food.
Eric Kasum: Columbus Day? True Legacy: Cruelty and Slavery Eric Kasum 2010
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Fitting, since the first barbecues were held on the beach on old Arawak grills called buccans that eventually brought us the words "barbecue" and "buccaneer" as sailors took up grilling.
Panama, Ho! Nicholas Casey 2011
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Caquetio Amerinds, members of the Arawak tribe, migrated from Venezuela and were the first inhabitants on this arid, barren, cactus-filled island that is south of the hurricane belt and has an average year-round temperature of 82 degrees.
Dwight Brown: Aruba: The Beach Is Just the Beginning... Dwight Brown 2011
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