Amerind

Meaning

Noun

An American Indian.

Adj

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

Synonyms

Indian

🇮🇳/🇮🇴

Native American

Amerindic

American Indian

American-Indian language

Amerindian language

Red Indian

Amerindian

Translations

Indienne

indio

🇮🇳/🇮🇴

indien

🇮🇳/🇮🇴

Indien

🇮🇳/🇮🇴

indiano

🇮🇳/🇮🇴

amerindiano

da Índia

amerindio

amerindi

nativo americano

indi

🇮🇳/🇮🇴

llengua ameríndia

amerindio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæ.mə.ɹɪnd/

Etymology

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