Aymara meaning

ī'mä-rä', ī'mə-
A member of a South American Indian people inhabiting parts of highland Bolivia and Peru.
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The Aymaran language of the Aymara.
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A member of a South American Indian people living mainly in Bolivia and Peru and believed to have been the builders of a great ancient culture that was later supplanted by that of the Incas.
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The language of this people.
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An indigenous people of South America.
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Language spoken in South America.
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Sentence Examples

  • AYMARA (anc. Colla), a tribe of South American Indians, formerly inhabiting the country around Lake Titicaca and the neighbouring valleys of the Andes.

  • They, however, retained certain privileges, such as the use of their own language; and their treatment by their conquerors generally suggested that the latter believed themselves of Aymara blood.

  • Physically, the pure Aymara is short and thick-set, with a great chest development, and with the same reddish complexion, broad face, black eyes and rounded forehead which distinguish the Quichuas.

  • Society (1870), "The Aymara Indians of Bolivia and Peru."

  • The sierra or upland Indians, the most numerous and strongest type, belong largely to the Quichua and Aymara.

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