Noun american indian has 2 senses
  1. Indian, North American Indian, American Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in North America when Europeans arrived
    --1 is a kind of Amerindian, Native American
    --1 is a member of Indian race, Amerindian race
    --1 has particulars:
     Algonquian, Algonquin; Anasazi; Athapaskan, Athapascan, Athabaskan, Athabascan; Mayan, Maya; Nahuatl; Olmec; Zapotec, Zapotecan; Plains Indian, Buffalo Indian; Chickasaw; Creek; Haida; Hokan, Hoka; Iroquois; Muskhogean, Muskogean; Penutian; Pueblo; Redskin, Injun, red man; Salish; Shoshone, Shoshoni; Taracahitian; Tlingit; Wakashan; Aleut, Aleutian; Eskimo, Esquimau, Inuit; Paleo-American, Paleo-Amerind, Paleo-Indian; sannup; squaw
  2. Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian - any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
    --2 is a kind of natural language, tongue
    --2 has particulars:
     Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language; Atakapa, Atakapan, Attacapa, Attacapan; Athapaskan, Athapascan, Athabaskan, Athabascan, Athapaskan language; Muskhogean, Muskhogean language, Muskogean, Muskogean language; Na-Dene; Mosan; Caddo, Caddoan, Caddoan language; Iroquoian, Iroquois, Iroquoian language; Quechua, Quechuan, Quechuan language, Kechua, Kechuan; Maraco, Maracan language; Tupi-Guarani, Tupi-Guarani language; Arawak, Arawakan; Carib, Caribbean language; Uto-Aztecan, Uto-Aztecan language; Maya, Mayan, Mayan language; Siouan, Siouan language; Tanoan, Tanoan language; Hokan, Hoka; Penutian
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