Aeta

noun

Ae·​ta ˈē-tə 

plural Aeta or Aetas

1

: an indigenous people inhabiting the central and southern Zambales mountains in Zambales, Pampanga, and Bataan provinces of the Philippines

2

: a member of the Aeta people

Word History

Etymology

Tagalog

First Known Use

1821, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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