SINCE 1828
Yanomami
noun
Ya·no·ma·mi
| \ ˌyä-nō-ˈmä-mē
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variants:
or less commonly Yanomamo \ ˌyä-nō-ˈmä-mō
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or Yanomama \ ˌyä-nō-ˈmä-mə
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or Yanomama \ ˌyä-nō-ˈmä-mə
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plural Yanomami
also Yanomamis
or Yanomamo
or Yanomama
Definition of Yanomami
1
: an indigenous people inhabiting the rain forests of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil
also
: a member of the Yanomami people
2
: the family of four closely related languages spoken by the Yanomami
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