Arawak
noun, adjective
Arawak is a noun meaning “A member of an Amerindian people who lived in the region of the Caribbean when the Spanish arrived in America” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-R-A-W-A-K and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 15 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Arawak is Arawaks.
What does Arawak mean?
noun
- 1
A member of an Amerindian people who lived in the region of the Caribbean when the Spanish arrived in America.
- 2
A member of an Arawak indigenous group.
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to the Arawak peoples
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Arawak?
Arawak has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Arawak
- Arawaks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Arawak?
Arawak appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Arawak in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | Arawak |
| German | Arawak |
| Spanish | arahuaco |
| Portuguese | aruaque, arawak, aruak, arauaco, aruaco, arauaque |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Arawak come from?
From Kari'na Aruwako, from the name in Lokono.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).