Amerind

English

Etymology

Blend of American +‎ Indian or possibly blend of American +‎ indigenous. First appears c. 1899 in the publication American Anthropologist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæməɹənd/

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Noun

Amerind (plural Amerinds)

1. An American Indian.

   The cultural hiatus associated with the Pine Pollen Zone suggests that Amerinds may have avoided the area.

Translations

an American Indian

• Maori: Kiriwhero

Adjective

Amerind (not comparable)

1. (linguistics, obsolete) Of or relating to a hypothetical higher-level language family including all of the indigenous languages of the Americas, excluding those that belong to Eskimo-Aleut or Na-Dene.

Related terms

• Amerindian
• American Indian
• Indian

Anagrams

• adermin, remain'd, dimeran, Redmain, Mirenda, rideman, dreamin', drimane, marined