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adj
Of or relating to a hypothetical, largely discredited higher-level language family including all of the indigenous languages of the Americas, excluding those that belong to Eskimo-Aleut or Na-Dene.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An American Indian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: Indian, Amerindic, Native American
Antonyms: none provided
noun
any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural language, tongue
Narrower terms: Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language, Atakapa, Atakapan, Attacapa, Attacapan, Athapaskan, Athapascan, Athabaskan, Athabascan, Athapaskan language, Muskhogean, Muskhogean language, Muskogean, Muskogean language, Na-Dene, Mosan, Caddo, Caddoan, Caddoan language, Iroquoian, Iroquois, Iroquoian language, Quechua, Quechuan, Quechuan language, Kechua, Kechuan, Maraco, Maracan language, Tupi-Guarani, Tupi-Guarani language, Arawak, Arawakan, Carib, Caribbean language, Uto-Aztecan, Uto-Aztecan language, Maya, Mayan, Mayan language, Siouan, Siouan language, Tanoan, Tanoan language, Hokan, Hoka, Penutian
History
Blend of American + Indian or possibly blend of American + indigenous. First appears c. 1899 in the publication American Anthropologist.
Across languages
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
