taino
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/ˈtʌɪnəʊ/
(UK)
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/ˈtʌɪnəʊ/ (UK) · /taˈiːnəʊ/ (UK) · /ˈtaɪ.noʊ/ (US) · /tæˈi.noʊ/ (US)
Definition of taino
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A member of a group of pre-Columbian indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser Antilles.
“He was accepted as a Taino now and must adapt to their ways.”
“Following the birth of a baby, Tainos would perform a naming ritual where the child would be pronounced as a Taino and a human being (Keegan, 1997).”
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noun
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A member of a group of pre-Columbian indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser Antilles.
“He was accepted as a Taino now and must adapt to their ways.”
“Following the birth of a baby, Tainos would perform a naming ritual where the child would be pronounced as a Taino and a human being (Keegan, 1997).”
name
- Their Arawakan language, now extinct.
- A municipality in Lombardy, Italy.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Taíno taino (“lord, noble, foremost”).
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