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Amuesha

noun
Amue·sha | \ämˈwāshə\
plural Amuesha or Amueshas

Definition of Amuesha 

1a : a people of central Peru

b : a member of such people

2 : a language of the Amuesha people of uncertain but perhaps Arawakan affinity

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First Known Use of Amuesha

1893, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

History and Etymology for Amuesha

borrowed from American Spanish of American Indian origin

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