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Aymara

 
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n., pl., Aymara, or -ras.
  1. A member of a South American Indian people inhabiting parts of highland Bolivia and Peru.
  2. The Aymaran language of the Aymara.

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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: Aymara
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Large South American Indian group living on the Titicaca plateau of the central Andes Mountains in present-day Peru and Bolivia. The Aymara were conquered by the Inca and the Spanish, though they rebelled against both. Traditional Aymara now live in an area of poor soil and harsh climate, where they herd llamas and alpacas, grow crops, and fish using boats made of large reeds. Poverty rates within the group are among the highest in the hemisphere.

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Columbia Encyclopedia: Aymara
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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).

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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

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - Aymara

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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