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Rucuyen

noun
Ru·​cu·​yen
variants: or less commonly Roocooyen or Roucouyenne \ ¦rüˌkü¦yen \
plural Rucuyen or Rucuyens

Definition of Rucuyen 

1a : a Cariban people of the Tumuc-Humac mountains between Brazil and the Guianas

b : a member of such people

2 : a language of the Rucuyen people

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