Aymara

noun

Ay·​ma·​ra ˌī-mə-ˈrä 

plural Aymara or Aymaras

1

: a member of an Indigenous people of Bolivia, Peru, and northern Chile

2

: the language of the Aymara people

Examples of Aymara in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the Indigenous Aymara women of Bolivia have chosen to reclaim and rebrand the slur. — Maya Silver, Outside Online, 30 July 2025

Stunted by the work of its actors, this plaintive vision of the Aymara people remains at a remove, stronger as a provocation on paper than as a morality tale on the screen. — Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024

Joanna is an Aymara woman born with a man's body and raised according to the customs of her indigenous Bolivian culture. — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024

Classes are translated into Aymara, a language spoken by more than 2 million, by Lidia Mayta, a Warmi student turned trainer. — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

Spanish aymará

First Known Use

1752, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Aymara

• alara
• amara
• antara
• bambara
• camara
• damara
• gandhara
• gemara
• gurdwara
• kumara
• negara
• samarra