Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arawak

/ˈɑɹɑwˌɑk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.82 in modern English

Syllables: arawak
IPA: /ˈɑɹɑwˌɑk/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of an Amerindian people who lived in the region of the Caribbean when the Spanish arrived in America.

noun

A member of an Arawak indigenous group.

name

A group of Amerindian languages spoken around the Caribbean.

name

A Caribbean language belonging to this group.

adj

Pertaining to the Arawak peoples

Example Sentences

"Another people, the Surinen, lived near the coast. Like the Arawaks and the Caribs, they had migrated northward into Suriname. The Arawak and Carib peoples greatly outnumbered the Surinen. The Surinen were disappearing by the late 1400s."

Etymology

From Kari'na Aruwako, from the name in Lokono.

Word Breakdown

Root: Aruwako, -

Inflected Forms

Arawaks (plural)

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Lokono terms arw ⁠

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Lokono terms arw ⁠

Synonyms

arawakan

Questions

How do you pronounce arawak?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑɹɑwˌɑk/.
What does arawak mean?: A member of an Amerindian people who lived in the region of the Caribbean when the Spanish arrived in America.
Where does arawak come from?: From Kari'na Aruwako, from the name in Lokono.

How to pronounce arawak

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