Amerind

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.

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.

Anagrams

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