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Corabeca

noun Co·ra·be·ca \ ˌkōrəˈbēkə , ˌkȯr- , -ˈbākə \
variants: or Coraveca \-ˈvē-, -ˈvā-\

Definition of Corabeca

plural Corabeca or Corabecas or Coraveca or Coravecas
1 a : an extinct people of Bolivia
b : a member of such people
2 : the language of the Corabeca people considered by some Americanists as an independent linguistic family and by others as Otoquian or uncertain
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Corabecan

or Coravecan adjective

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Origin and Etymology of corabeca

American Spanish corabeca, of American Indian origin

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