Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arawakan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: arawakan
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to a language family that developed among ancient indigenous peoples in South America and migrated to Central America and the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean and the Atlantic, including what is now the Bahamas.

Derived Forms

Arawakanist

Synonyms

arawak

Questions

What does arawakan mean?: Of or relating to a language family that developed among ancient indigenous peoples in South America and migrated to Central America and the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean and the Atlantic, including what is now the Bahamas.

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