arawak

Definition of Arawak in English :

1. arawak, arawakan

a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America

2. arawak, arawakan

a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Arawak

noun

a member of a South American Indian people living chiefly in NE South America and formerly in the West Indies

the language of this people

n. pl. Arawak or Ar·a·waks

1. A member of a South American Indian people formerly inhabiting much of the Greater Antilles and now living chiefly in certain regions of Guiana.