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Machiguenga

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A member of an indigenous hunter-gatherer people of the Amazon Basin jungle regions of southeastern Peru.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Most Machiguenga lack personal names. Members of the same tribe are individuated using kin terminology.

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