Chavín

noun

A member of a pre-Columbian civilization that developed in the northern Andean highlands of Peru around 900 BCE, ending around 250 BCE.

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Meanings

nounChavín (plural Chavíns)

plural Chavíns

  1. historicalA member of a pre-Columbian civilization that developed in the northern Andean highlands of Peru around 900 BCE, ending around 250 BCE.
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