An indigenous people of northern South America and the Caribbean islands, or their language, also spelled Taíno or Lucayan in different regions.
From the Arawakan language family's self-designation, documented in colonial sources. Some scholars debate whether 'Arawak' refers to the entire language family or specific groups. The term became standard in English anthropological literature.
Arawak people maintained sophisticated trade networks across the Caribbean Sea centuries before Columbus, trading goods and knowledge across thousands of miles of ocean—they were expert navigators with deep astronomical knowledge.
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