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Taino

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈtʌɪnəʊ/
  • UK: /taˈiːnəʊ/
  • US: /ˈtaɪ.noʊ/
  • US: /tæˈi.noʊ/

1

name

Meaning 1

Their Arawakan language, now extinct.

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2

name

Meaning 2

A municipality in Lombardy, Italy.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A member of a group of pre-Columbian indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser Antilles.

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno taino (“lord, noble, foremost”).

From Italian Taino.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: taïno — language
  • Portuguese: taíno — language
  • Russian: таи́но (taíno) — language
  • Spanish: taíno — language
  • Portuguese: taíno — person
  • Russian: таи́но (taíno) — person
  • Spanish: taíno — person