Tupi-Guaranian

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tupian \Tu"pi*an\, a.
     Designating, or pertaining to, a linguistic stock of South
     American Indians comprising the most important Brazilian
     tribes. Agriculture, pottery, and stone working were
     practiced by them at the time of the conquest. The Tupi and
     the Guarani were originally the most powerful of the stock,


     which is hence also called {Tupi-Guaranian}.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]