Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Central American Indian people formerly inhabiting central Panama, now living primarily in the San Blas Islands and adjacent coastal areas of northeast Panama.
- noun The Chibchan language of the Kuna.
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- noun An indigenous group of Panama and Colombia.
- proper noun The language of the Kuna people.
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Examples
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Blas Islands are inhabited by indigenous people called Kuna, living very simply with very few noticeable modern influences.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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The tribe, known as the Kuna, have approximately ten percent the rates of heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure and cancer of other populations.
FOXNews.com 2010
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The tribe, known as the Kuna, have approximately ten percent the rates of heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure and cancer of other populations.
FOXNews.com foxnewsonline@foxnews.com 2010
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So hopefully many cities such as Kuna will step up and show an example that a smaller home means a smaller carbon footprint.
Small Homes Banned 2008
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The 378 tiny coral cays off northern Panama are Kuna Yala — home of the Kuna people, who have occupied these shores for centuries and retain their traditional ways of life.
Panama, Ho! Nicholas Casey 2011
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The Kuna rule the islands and neighboring Panamanian coastline as an autonomous province, the result of a somewhat bloody revolt against the central government in Panama City in 1925.
Panama, Ho! Nicholas Casey 2011
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It extends from eastern Panama, in the provinces of Darién and Kuna-Yala, along almost the entire Pacific coast of Colombia.
Panamá 2009
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Calle de la Tablada 7-62, bantuhotel.com Where to Eat: Ask the Kuna islanders to catch a lobster $2-$3 for your skipper to prepare.
Panama, Ho! Nicholas Casey 2011
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They've photographed a brightly colored mola , the embroidered, multi-layered fabric panels that are part of traditional Kuna dress, and feature designs based on the patterns that islanders painted on their bodies before the Spanish arrived.
Panama, Ho! Nicholas Casey 2011
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Julio speaks no English, but with a little Spanish and some of his own native Kuna language mixed with hand gestures, the general arc of his tale comes clear: his family is bouncing from island to island to harvest ripe coconuts.
Panama, Ho! Nicholas Casey 2011
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