Amerindian
Americannoun
adjective
noun
Sensitive Note
See Indian.
Other Word Forms
- Amerindic adjective
Etymology
Origin of Amerindian
Example Sentences
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The concerns add to existing ones including the unlawful cutting of mangroves, fires, illegal construction and fuel pollution in rivers that the Amerindian women are scanning in the Barima-Mora Passage in northern Guyana.
From Seattle Times • May 24, 2023
Basic outlined images, inspired by Washington state landscapes and Amerindian petroglyphs, appear in lithographs, woven baskets and blown-glass vessels.
From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2022
It’s a strange serendipity that Cecilia’s Basque surname should echo the Quechua wik’uña so closely and link her European and Amerindian lines by way of sonic correspondence.
From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2022
Mixed race and Amerindian peoples largely make up the remainder.
From Reuters • Aug. 25, 2022
Both Amerindian and Aboriginal Australian cultures witnessed frequent armed conflicts.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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