Cuna
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- proper noun
- In the heart of Panama, the Cuna language is spoken by thousands of indigenous people.
- Cuna chief
- Cuna economy
- interaction with the Cuna
Examples
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The Cuna were in a good position to take advantage of the competition between European powers.
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Trade relations between the Cuna and their Spanish and Indian neighbors were limited.
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The French created some important changes in the Cuna economy.
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Relations between the Cuna and their immediate neighbors were always tense.
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Scottish interaction with the Cuna contrasted dramatically with that between the Spanish and the Cuna.
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The Cuna not only accepted but even stimulated economic relations with people far beyond their geographic borders.
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The Cuna today engage in long-distance trade journeys as a result of their interaction with Europeans.
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By that time, Cuna chiefs traveled abroad and participated in long-distance trade in the Caribbean.
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Soon afterwards, due to interaction with French colonists, the Cuna engaged in the production of large quantities of cacao for the European market.
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Four phases of interaction between the Cuna and European peoples can be discerned through ethnohistoric documentation.
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Cuna is a Spanish spelling of the name the people use for themselves, often written Kuna or Guna, and it comes from their word for 'people'. So Cuna is the name of the group and their language, which is why we use it today.