Hypernyms for "American Indian"
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Aleut
Aleutian
Algonquian
Algonquian language
Algonquin
Anasazi
Arawak
Arawakan
Atakapa
Atakapan
Athabascan
Athabaskan
Athapascan
Athapaskan
Athapaskan language
Attacapa
Attacapan
Buffalo Indian
Caddo
Caddoan
Caddoan language
Carib
Caribbean language
Chickasaw
Coeur d''Alene
Creek
Eskimo
Esquimau
Haida
Hoka
Hokan
Injun
Inuit
Iroquoian
Iroquoian language
Iroquois
Kechua
Kechuan
Maracan language
Maraco
Maya
Mayan
Mayan language
Mosan
Muskhogean
Muskhogean language
Muskogean
Muskogean language
Na-Dene
Nahuatl
Olmec
Paleo-American
Paleo-Amerind
Paleo-Indian
Penutian
Plains Indian
Pueblo
Quechua
Quechuan
Quechuan language
red man
Redskin
Salish
sannup
Shoshone
Shoshoni
Siouan
Siouan language
squaw
Tanoan
Tanoan language
Taracahitian
Tlingit
Tupi-Guarani
Tupi-Guarani language
Uto-Aztecan
Uto-Aztecan language
Wakashan
Zapotec
Zapotecan
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.