Tapajó

noun

A member of an indigenous Brazilian people, now extinct, who in the 17th century lived in the area around where the Tapajós river flowed into the Amazon.

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nounTapajó (plural Tapajós or Tapajó)

plural Tapajós

  1. historicalA member of an indigenous Brazilian people, now extinct, who in the 17th century lived in the area around where the Tapajós river flowed into the Amazon.
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