Antisian

adjective

An·​ti·​si·​an

ˌän-tē-ˈsē-ən

: of or constituting a supposed New World racial division made up of peoples living on the eastern slopes of the Andes in Bolivia and Peru

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French Antisien, based ultimately on Quechua anti "east"

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