amerindio

Definitions of amerindio
  1. noun
    any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
    synonyms: indiano
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    types:
    indiano
    a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived
    eschimese
    a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')
    squaw
    an American Indian woman
    type of:
    anima, elemento, essere umano, individuo, microcosmo, persona, tipo, uomo
    a human being
  2. noun
    a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived
    synonyms: indiano
    see moresee less
    types:
    eschimese
    a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')
    squaw
    an American Indian woman
    azteco
    a member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519
    type of:
    indiano
    any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
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