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Yanomami
noun Ya·no·ma·mi \ˌyä-nō-ˈmä-mē\
plural Yanomami also Yanomamis or Yanomamo or Yanomama
Definition of YANOMAMI
1
: an indigenous people inhabiting the rain forests of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil; also : a member of the Yanomami people
2
: the family of four closely related languages spoken by the Yanomami
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Variants of YANOMAMI
Ya·no·ma·mi also Ya·no·ma·mo \-mō\ or Ya·no·ma·ma \-mə\
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Origin of YANOMAMI
Yanomam
(language of the western Yanomami) yanomam , a self-designationFirst Known Use: 1967
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