Tupinamba

noun

Tu·pi·nam·ba | \ ˌtü-pə-ˈnam-bə

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, -ˌnam-ˈbä\

variants: or less commonly Tupinambá

plural Tupinamba or Tupinambas also Tupinambá or Tupinambás

Definition of Tupinamba

1 : a member of a group of American Indian peoples who lived along a broad stretch of the Brazilian coast from the vicinity of Guanabara Bay to the mouth of the Amazon River

2 : the extinct language of the Tupinamba

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