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  • proper noun An Amerindian ethnic group of the La Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela.
  • proper noun The Maipurean (Arawak) language of the Wayuu people.

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Examples

  • Its species name is the language spoken by the Wayuu people who live on the Guajira Peninsula in northeastern Colombia near the mine.

    Archive 2010-04-04 Bill Crider 2010

  • They started reaching out to the Wayuu women, helping them craft, then sell their famous handbags.

    CNN Transcript Oct 18, 2009 2009

  • VELASQUEZ: I mom is Wayuu Indians and we were very close to the Wayuu people

    CNN Transcript Oct 18, 2009 2009

  • They started reaching out to the Wayuu women, helping them craft and then sell their famous handbags.

    CNN Transcript Oct 18, 2009 2009

  • They recently received a grant to create a computer program that will help them preserve the Wayuu dialect, which is one of a kind.

    CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2009 2009

  • VELASQUEZ: My mommy is Wayuu Indian so we were very close to the Wayuu people.

    CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2009 2009

  • And they recently received a grant to create a computer program that will help them preserve the Wayuu dialect, which is one of a kind.

    CNN Transcript Oct 18, 2009 2009

  • They started reaching out to the Wayuu women, helping them craft then sell their famous handbags.

    CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2009 2009

  • The exquisite Wayuu hamaca from the Colombian side according to the German site, though they are the same each side of the border.

    Mision Cultura, the bolivarian cultural revolution 2005

  • The exquisite Wayuu hamaca from the Colombian side according to the German site, though they are the same each side of the border.

    07/10/2005 - 07/17/2005 2005

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