Example sentences for: arawak

How can you use “arawak” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But he stayed long enough to see his first parrots and to marvel at the fact that the Indians spoke three languages — one strictly between the warriors, another for the mostly Arawak women, and a third for ordinary communication between men and women.

  • The Arawak left a legacy of paintings in places such as Runaway Caves near Discovery Bay, and shards of pottery found at their settlements near Nueva Sevilla and Spanish Town have added a little to our knowledge about them.

  • Arawak peoples migrated to various Caribbean islands, arriving in Jamaica by the beginning of the eighth century.

  • Plantation work was labor intensive, but there were very few laborers on the island; the Spanish slaves had disappeared into the inhospitable interior and the native Arawak had been decimated by disease.

  • Travel through Arawak Cay to reach Silver Cay, where there is a small resort with a pretty beach.


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