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Cumanagoto

noun Cu·ma·na·go·to \ küˌmänəˈgōt(ˌ)ō \

Definition of Cumanagoto

plural Cumanagoto or Cumanagotos
1 a :a Cariban people of Venezuela
b :a member of such people
2 :the language of the Cumanagoto people

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Origin and Etymology of cumanagoto

Spanish, of American Indian origin

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