SINCE 1828
Jivaro
noun
Ji·va·ro
| \ ˈhēvəˌrō\
variants:
or Jibaro \ -ēbə- \
plural Jivaro
or Jivaros
or Jibaro
or Jibaros
Definition of Jivaro
1a
: a group of peoples of northwestern Peru and southern Ecuador
b
: a member of any of such peoples
2
: the language of the Jivaro peoples constituting a language family
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