English Explanatory Dictionary

Taino

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a group of pre-Columbian indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser Antilles.
name
  1. Their Arawakan language, now extinct.
name
  1. A municipality in Lombardy, Italy.

Pronunciation

/ˈtʌɪnəʊ/ /taˈiːnəʊ/ /ˈtaɪ.noʊ/ /tæˈi.noʊ/

Word forms

Taino Tainos Taíno

Etymology

From Taíno taino (“lord, noble, foremost”).

Related words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Taíno terms Arawakan Caribbean Indigenous Amerindian
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