South American Indian

Examples

• All

• Paco Ortega, the mastermind, sees in their widespread use of drugs the way the whites will finally destroy themselves and relishes the irony that cocaine comes from a plant cultivated by South American Indians.

  Academic text (2002)

• We see the South American Indian men clearly now.

  Fiction book (2001)

• This has been a recurrent idea through centuries of struggle between South American Indians and those who have sought to conquer, colonize, or convert them.

  Academic text (1997)

• She's very young—a South American Indian—lying on a bed in a corner of one of the houses.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Eighteen studies in South American Indian populations have shown a prevalence of Ascaris lumbricoides ranging from 3% to 99%.

  Academic text (1996)

• Our Lives touches upon migration, the forging of international law on behalf of Native peoples, and international solidarities, all of which highlight south-of-the-border realities as well as the increasing links between North, Central, and South American Indians.

  Academic text (2006)

• Some South American Indian cultures believe that a child's life can be influenced by objects that are buried with its placenta.

• Religious practices among the South American Indian tribes vary greatly across different regions.

Synonyms

N

Native American

vsSouth American Indian

161 3.4

A person whose family lived in North or South America before Europeans arrived

refers specifically to peoples native only to the South American continent rather than both continents

I

Inca

vsSouth American Indian

23 5.8

A people who built a large empire in Peru before the Spanish came

refers to indigenous peoples across the continent rather than these empire founders

A

aboriginal

vsSouth American Indian

2 7.6

A member of the first people who lived in a region

refers to indigenous peoples of the continent rather than original inhabitants of any region

I

Incan

vsSouth American Indian

1 7.9

A person from the Inca people who lived near Cuzco in Peru

refers to indigenous peoples across the continent rather than this local historical community

A

Aymara

vsSouth American Indian

1 9.9

A native people of the Andes, mainly in Bolivia and Peru, or their language

refers to indigenous peoples across the continent rather than this regional group

I

indio

vsSouth American Indian

• Archaic

1 9.9

A Spanish name for a native person from the Americas used in colonial times

names indigenous peoples of the continent rather than using this colonial label

A

Amerindian

vsSouth American Indian

1 7.3

A person whose family comes from the native peoples of North or South America

refers specifically to peoples native to the South American continent rather than both Americas

Q

Quechua

vsSouth American Indian

9.6

A person from the native people of the Andes who once ruled in the Inca Empire

refers to indigenous peoples across the continent rather than this specific Andean group

K

Kechua

vsSouth American Indian

9.9

A person from a native people in Peru who was once part of the Inca ruling class

refers to indigenous peoples across the continent rather than this historical Peruvian group

A

Arawakan

vsSouth American Indian

9.9

A person from a native group in northeastern South America and the Caribbean

refers to indigenous peoples across the continent rather than this regional family

C

Carib Indian

vsSouth American Indian

• Archaic

8.1

A person from a native group in northeastern South America and nearby islands

refers to indigenous peoples across the continent rather than this coastal group

A

Amerind

vsSouth American Indian

• Archaic

8.9

A person from the native peoples of the Americas or a language they speak

focuses on peoples native to the South American continent rather than all the Americas

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology