Baniva

noun

Ba·​ni·​va

bə-ˈnē-və

variants or less commonly Baniwa

bə-ˈnē-və

plural Baniva or Banivas

1

a

: an Arawakan people of the upper Orinoco and Río Negro, Venezuela and Colombia

b

: a member of such people

2

: the language of the Baniva people

Word History

Etymology

Spanish baniva, of American Indian origin

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