"Amerind" meaning in English

See Amerind in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈæməɹənd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Amerind.wav
Etymology: Blend of American + Indian or possibly blend of American + indigenous. First appears c. 1899 in the publication American Anthropologist. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|American|Indian}} Blend of American + Indian, {{blend|en|American|indigenous|nocap=1}} blend of American + indigenous Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Amerind (not comparable)
  1. (linguistics, obsolete) Of or relating to a hypothetical higher-level language family including all of the indigenous languages of the Americas, excluding those that belong to Eskimo-Aleut or Na-Dene. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete Related terms: Amerindian, American Indian, Indian
    Sense id: en-Amerind-en-adj-0p~EKerQ Categories (other): Linguistics, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Maori translations, Demonyms, Native Americans Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Demonyms: 81 19 Disambiguation of Native Americans: 47 53 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Noun

IPA: /ˈæməɹənd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Amerind.wav Forms: Amerinds [plural]
Etymology: Blend of American + Indian or possibly blend of American + indigenous. First appears c. 1899 in the publication American Anthropologist. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|American|Indian}} Blend of American + Indian, {{blend|en|American|indigenous|nocap=1}} blend of American + indigenous Head templates: {{en-noun}} Amerind (plural Amerinds)
  1. An American Indian. Translations (an American Indian): Kiriwhero (Maori)
    Sense id: en-Amerind-en-noun-ZgHbmXGX Categories (other): English blends, Native Americans Disambiguation of English blends: 20 80 Disambiguation of Native Americans: 47 53

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