A member of an indigenous people of the Atacama Desert region in northern Chile and adjacent areas, or their language.
From Spanish 'atacameño', which comes from 'Atacama' with the Spanish diminutive/ethnic suffix '-eno' meaning 'from or belonging to'. This Spanish form entered English directly.
The Atacameno people survived in one of Earth's harshest environments for thousands of years—they were incredible engineers who built irrigation systems in places where almost no water exists!
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