Fuegian

[ fyoo-ee-jee-uhn, fwey-jee- ]

adjective

1. of or belonging to Tierra del Fuego or its Indigenous Indians.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Tierra del Fuego.

Fuegian

/ ˈfweɪdʒ-; fjuːˈiːdʒɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Tierra del Fuego or its indigenous Indians

noun

1. an Indian of Tierra del Fuego

Word History and Origins

Origin of Fuegian¹

First recorded in 1815–25; (Tierra del) Fueg(o) ( def ) + -ian

Example Sentences

Indeed, the extinct Fuegian dog, a domesticated form of the culpeo fox native to South America, participated in animal hunts.

From Salon

“I’ve been in battle with every kind of man there is. I’ve been in bed with every kind of woman there is — from a Laplander to a Tierra del Fuegian. If I’d ever been to the South Pole, there’d be a hell of a lot of penguins who looked like me. Cook!”

From New York Times

What to do: Take an adventure cruise with Stella Australis that retraces the route of Charles Darwin and the HMS Beagle through the secluded Fuegian Archipelago at the bottom of South America to legendary Cape Horn.

From Washington Times

Darwin’s reputation looms large in this region; although the naturalist is most closely associated with the Galápagos Islands, he spent more time in southern Patagonia, where he studied not turtles but the native Fuegian people.

From New York Times

"The beavers, who eat branches of trees and bark, will find abundance here," the newscaster stated, as the camera pans across kilometers of virgin Fuegian forests.

From Scientific American