Ba·ni·va
| \ bə-ˈnē-və \
variants:
or less commonly Baniwa \
bə-ˈnē-və
\
plural Baniva or Banivas
Definition of Baniva
1a
: an Arawakan people of the upper Orinoco and Río Negro, Venezuela and Colombia
b
: a member of such people
2
: the language of the Baniva people
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