Tupinamba

noun

Tu·​pi·​nam·​ba ˌtü-pə-ˈnam-bə 

-ˌnam-ˈbä

variants or less commonly Tupinambá

plural Tupinamba or Tupinambas also Tupinambá or Tupinambás

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

Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined at sense 1