- A member of a South American Indian people inhabiting parts of highland Bolivia and Peru.
- The Aymaran language of the Aymara.
Aymara
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Ay·ma·ra (ī'mä-rä', ī'mə-)  |
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Aymara (īmärä') , Native South Americans inhabiting the Lake Titicaca basin in Peru and Bolivia. The originators of the great culture represented by the ruins of Tiahuanaco were very likely Aymara speakers. Although subjugated by the Inca in the 15th cent. after a long struggle, the Aymara continue to dominate the region, with a population of over 2 million in the mid-1990s. The Aymara languages make up a separate unit; they are spoken in Peru and Bolivia in the Titicaca region. The Aymara, conquered (1538) by Hernando and Gonzalo Pizarro, retained their pastoral and agricultural culture. In general, social organization was, and still is, based on the patrilineal family unit. Contemporary Aymara and the related Quechua peasant culture is a blend of aboriginal, Spanish colonial, and modern elements.
Bibliography
See H. Osborne, Indians of the Andes, Aymaras and Quechuas (1952); J. Steward, ed., Handbook of South American Indians, Vol. II (1963); H. and J.-M. Buechler, The Bolivian Aymara (1971); A. L. Kolata, Valley of the Spirits (1996).
| Translations: Aymara |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - aymarer
adj. - aymaransk
Nederlands (Dutch)
Aymara (Zuid-Amerikaanse indianenstam), Aymarisch
Français (French)
n. - Aymara
adj. - d'Aymara
Deutsch (German)
n. - Aymara (Indianer in Bolivien und Peru)
adj. - aymarisch
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - Ινδιάνος της Νότιας Αμερικής
Italiano (Italian)
Aymara, indiano Aymara
Português (Portuguese)
n. - Aimará (m) (f)
Русский (Russian)
аймара, индеец племени аймара, язык племени аймара
Español (Spanish)
n. - aimará
adj. - de la tribu aimará
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
艾马拉族人, 艾马拉族语, 艾马拉族的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 艾馬拉族人, 艾馬拉族語
adj. - 艾馬拉族的
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 아이마라족
adj. - 아이마라족의
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - アイマラ族, アイマラ語
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - בן עם אינדיאני בבוליביה ובפרו, איימארה (שפה)
adj. - של בני איימארה או לשונם
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