Yanomami
Ya·no·ma·mi
noun \ˌyä-nō-ˈmä-mē\ plural Yanomami also Yanomamis or Yanomamo or Yanomama
Definition of YANOMAMI
1
: an indigenous people inhabiting the rain forests of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil; also : a member of the Yanomami people
2
: the family of four closely related languages spoken by the Yanomami
See Variants of YANOMAMI
Ya·no·ma·mi also Ya·no·ma·mo \-mō\ or Ya·no·ma·ma \-mə\
Origin of YANOMAMI
Yanomami̵ (language of the western Yanomami) yanomami̵, a self-designation
First Known Use: 1967
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