Meaning Of The Word Jivaro

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Jívaro in American English
noun: a member of a group of indigenous peoples of eastern Ecuador and northern Peru, formerly renowned for their custom of preserving the hair and shrunken skin from the severed heads of enemies

Jivaro in British English
noun: a member of a group of sub-tribes native to the Amazonian forests of Peru and Ecuador, formerly noted for their warlike nature and head-shrinking rituals

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