South American Indian

/saʊθ əˌmɛrəkən ˌɪndiən/

Other forms: South American Indians

Definitions of South American Indian

1. noun

   a member of a native Indian group in South America
   types:

   Tupi

   a member of the South American Indian people living in Brazil and Paraguay

   Guarani

   a member of the South American people living in Paraguay and Bolivia

   Maraco

   a member of the South American people living in Argentina and Bolivia and Paraguay

   Kechua, Quechua

   a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire

   Inca, Incan, Inka

   a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru

   type of:

   Amerindian

   a dated term applied to an Indigenous person living in the Americas