Macushi

noun

Ma·​cu·​shi

məˈküshē

variants or Macusi

-üsē

or less commonly Makushi or Makusi

plural Macushi or Macushis or Macusi or Macusis

1

a

: a Cariban people of Brazil and British Guiana

b

: a member of such people

2

: the language of the Macushi people

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