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Definition of Tupi-guarani
1. Noun. A family of South American Indian languages.
Generic synonyms: American Indian, American-indian Language, Amerind, Amerindian Language, Indian
Specialized synonyms: Guarani, Tupi
Definition of Tupi-guarani
1. Proper noun. The largest subfamily of the Tupi languages of South America. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tupi-guarani
Literary usage of Tupi-guarani
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the New World Called America by Edward John Payne (1899)
"Among these expanding stocks the most prominent is the Tupi-Guarani'. Originally
seated, it seems probable, ... The Tupi-Guarani language has long been the ..."
2. Brazil and the Brazilians by Daniel Parish Kidder, James Cooley Fletcher (1866)
"This people spoke in effect the same language, called by Dr. Latham, in his
treatise on the languages of the Amazon, the Tupi-Guarani. ..."
3. Central and South America by Augustus Henry Keane, Clements Robert Markham (1909)
"The Tapuya, Tupi-Guarani, Carib, and Arawak Families Some fresh light has been
thrown on the ethnical relations of the Brazilian aborigines by the ..."
4. A History of South America, 1854-1904 by Charles Edmond Akers (1904)
"The Tupi-Guarani Stock. Araucanians and Patagonians. Aymara and Quichua.
Natural Resources of the Continent Geographical Features. ..."
5. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatises on the Principles of by Richard Owen, Robert Gordon Latham, Edward Smith, William Sweetland Dallas (1854)
"This gave us a Tupi-Guarani class of languages, in which it was not very incorrect
to say that the Tupi were the Guarani of Brazil, and the Guarani the Tupi ..."
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