Querandí

English

Etymology

Self-designation, literally "men with fat".

Noun

Querandí pl (plural only)

  1. (historical) Indigenous South-American tribe who lived in the present Argentine province La Pampa.
    • 2011, Norman Henderson, Rediscovering the Prairies: Journeys by Dog, Horse, and Canoe, TouchWood Editions →ISBN
      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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