Meanings
- historicalpluralplural onlyIndigenous South-American tribe who lived in the present Argentine province La Pampa.
Most troublesomely, the local indigenous population, the Querandí, were nomadic hunters, not settled farmers. There was no agricultural surplus for the Spanish to appropriate, and the mobility of the Querandí made them impossible to control.
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Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Paraguayan Guarani[Term?]
- EnglishQuerandí
From Paraguayan Guarani [Term?], literally "men with fat", because they had a lot of fat in their diet.
More words from Paraguayan Guarani
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Querandí. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Querand%C3%AD
“Querandí.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Querand%C3%AD. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Querandí,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Querand%C3%AD.
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