This term for a native of Rio may come from a Tupi Indian expression meaning "white man's house"
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Carioca - definition and synonims of carioca in english dictionary  Carioca is a Brazilian adjective or demonym that is used to refer to the native ... The original word, kara'i oka, comes from the indigenous Tupi language . ... "kara'i oka", comes from the indigenous Tupi language meaning "white man's house". ... The demonym meaning for the state of Rio de Janeiro is fluminense, taken from...
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A Carioca? - Brazzil  Nov 3, 2002 ... It is actually a Tupi Indian term (kara'i oca), roughly meaning "white house", or "house ... and you'll find: "A native OR INHABITANT of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil" (my emphasis). ... and now lives in California, would I be wrong in saying he is a Carioca? ... I might add, the full printed version comes in 20 volumns.
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Why carioca means what it means? | SpanishDict Answers  Oct 12, 2008 ... I looked up the dictionary definition of carioca=of/from Rio de Janeiro, but seems to me there is more to it. ... The word comes from Tupi which is the Indians language, people who first lived here. It means White Man's house. ... Quentin, you might want to fix the English there and send it back to your friend.
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Native Poetry of Northern Brazil - JStor  native Indian languages, its typical manners and customs, traditions, legends ... equivalent to aypi (a Tupi word) of the southern and eastern states of Brazil. ... It is the favorite dance of the former negro slaves of Brazil, especially on the 13th of May, ... Thus carib-6ca means "born at the white man's house" (descended from.
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Jeopary Questions page 1166 - "BRAND" NAMES - TriviaBistro.com  PEOPLE & PLACES: This term for a native of Rio may come from a Tupi Indian expression meaning "white man's house"  NOTABLE BLACK WOMEN: Pictured...
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Jeopary Questions page 1140 - NOTORIOUS - TriviaBistro.com  POTENT POTABLES: The rhyming name of this tropical cocktail means "out of this world" in Tahitian  MEN OF LETTERS: Vidiadhar Surajprasad.
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Glossary Of Indian Names  Algonquin - A language, stock name of my tribes of the N.E.                  U.S., usually .... Hiawatha - Chief of the Mohawks who formed the Five Nations, Famous .... Minnehha - "Laughing Waters", names of waterfall, Longfellow's heroine. .... a Potawatomi Chief who sold the land on which Chicago stands to the white man,...
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J! Archive - Show #3581, aired 2000-03-13  The name of this tree, seen here, comes from the language of Brazil's Tupi indians ... The Alpine hospice named for this saint is famous for breeding dogs to track lost travelers...
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The Hopi Snake Dance. - Description  the Hopi tribe of Pue- blo Indians, of northeastern Ari- zona, have been known to white ... *These are the writings of Jesse Walter Fewkes of the United States ... their mouths, dance with them, and com- ..... Priests Carrying Snakes in Mouth.
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Pe'a - Wikipedia  The Pe'a is the popular name of the traditional male tatau (tattoo) of Samoa, also known as the ... The word tattoo in the English language is believed to have originated from the ... referred to as the solo, a Samoan word describing the act of wiping the blood off the skin. .... Tattooing the world: Pacific designs in print & skin. p.
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Unusual City Names - TheAlmightyGuru.com  Aug 22, 2008 ... Arapahoe (This native tribe sounds like a Snoop Dogg line) - Bonanza - Climax .... New Limerick - (There once was a man from Nantucket)
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the name "Arizona" is a Uto-Aztecan Indian word. It means "little ...  There are 31 federally recognized Indian tribes in New Mexico today: they ..... a tribe from the Western Region through the Plains including the beginning .... Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books ...... In their own language, the Zunis call themselves Ashiwi, which means "the flesh people.
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Russell Means : Russell Means Freedom  The L.A. Times has called him the most famous American Indian since Sitting Bull and ... activist and early leader of the American Indian Movement (AIM) has become ... (The Last of the Mohican's, Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers, as a chief in ... selling video (Pocahontas) in which he was the voice of Pocahontas' father,...
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Indians - The Racial Slur Database  (Desi is slang for an 'countryman'). ... First appeared in the book "Babar the King" published in 1963 and made into a ... The word bindi, which is the typical "red dot" worn on the forehead of Indian men and ... This is shortened to Hamilton Accies (Akkies) a derogatory name for Indians. ... It's *much* more of a slur to Indians.
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Full text of "A history of the origin of the place names connected with ...  Minnesota is a Sioux Indian word meaning "muddy water," "cloudy water" or ...... The Greek word, Akron, from which the Ohio city was named, means ...... American Indian," says of the word "Wisconsin in substance: "The name was first given to .... is a combination of the Indian word Min- ni  "water" and the Greek polis "city.
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NativeTech: Wampum; History and Background  The word "Wampum" comes from the Narragansett word for 'white shell beads' ... made in two colors: white ("Wmpi") beads ("Wompam") from the Whelk shell ... shell pendants is exclusively the species with the Latin name 'Mercinaria mercinaria ... evolved into a formal currency after European/Native contact, it's production...
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Jeopary Questions page 1166 - "BRAND" NAMES - TriviaBistro.com  PEOPLE & PLACES: This term for a native of Rio may come from a Tupi Indian ... Church leader says, "Say I do", 20,000 grooms may respond at one time.
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series of Spanish words  bizarre (some sources, not all, say this word came from the Spanish bizarro); bonanza (although the ... buckaroo (possibly from vaquero, "cowboy") ... coco (type of tree, from icaco, originally Arawak ikaku from the Caribbean); comrade ... condor (originally from Quechua, an indigenous South American language); corral
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Hopi Indians | Native American Netroots  May 13, 2015 ... The name Hopi is a contraction of Hopi-tuh which means peaceful ones. ... on dealing with the Hopi as if they were a single tribe, they have been, and ... Within each major village there is a hereditary group of priests or chiefs. ... Political authority focused primarily on resolving disputes regarding land use.
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Genetics rewrites Pacific prehistory  Apr 28, 2006 ... Thor showed that slow moving sailing rafts would foster marine growth, creating their own ecosystem. ... He was later to find in Peru, confirmation of the legend of Con Tiki ... In his 1952 book 'American Indians in the Pacific', he came to the .... The traditional name for the Haida homeland of Queen Charlotte...
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on Southwest Native Americans - Global Tradewinds  After being brutally subdued by the Spanish in the 1770's the Navajo were subjected ... These Pueblo tribes descend from the ancient Anasazi, who settled in the ... The Hopi, whose name means "Peaceful People", are deeply religious, and their ... Navajo sand paintings are often used in healing and religious ceremonies.