Taíno
E4202
The Taíno were an Indigenous Arawakan-speaking people of the Caribbean, especially the Greater Antilles, whose culture and language significantly influenced the region before and after European contact.
All labels observed (16)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taíno canonical | 6 |
| Taíno people | 4 |
| Taíno culture | 3 |
| Taíno language | 3 |
| Indigenous Taíno | 2 |
| Lucayan people | 2 |
| Taino people | 2 |
| Arawak peoples | 1 |
| Ciboney | 1 |
| Ciboney people | 1 |
| Ciboneyan | 1 |
| Indigenous Caribbean peoples | 1 |
| Taino woman | 1 |
| Taíno languages | 1 |
| Taíno peoples | 1 |
| Taíno-speaking Lucayan culture | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T47698 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Taíno Context triple: [Haitian Creole, hasSubstrateInfluenceFrom, Taíno]
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A.
Wampanoag people
The Wampanoag people are a Native American nation of the northeastern United States, historically known for inhabiting present-day Massachusetts and Rhode Island and for their pivotal early contact with English colonists in the 17th century.
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B.
Chemehuevi people
The Chemehuevi people are a Southern Paiute Native American group traditionally inhabiting areas of the Mojave Desert and lower Colorado River, known for their rich oral traditions, basketry, and adaptation to arid environments.
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C.
Tituba
Tituba was an enslaved woman of Indigenous and African descent whose accusations and testimony helped ignite the Salem witch trials in 1692.
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D.
Mojave people
The Mojave people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the lower Colorado River region, whose culture, traditions, and identity are deeply rooted in the Mojave Desert landscape.
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E.
Aquinnah
Aquinnah is a small town on the western tip of Martha’s Vineyard, known for its dramatic clay cliffs, beaches, and Wampanoag cultural heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Taíno Target entity description: The Taíno were an Indigenous Arawakan-speaking people of the Caribbean, especially the Greater Antilles, whose culture and language significantly influenced the region before and after European contact.
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A.
Wampanoag people
The Wampanoag people are a Native American nation of the northeastern United States, historically known for inhabiting present-day Massachusetts and Rhode Island and for their pivotal early contact with English colonists in the 17th century.
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B.
Chemehuevi people
The Chemehuevi people are a Southern Paiute Native American group traditionally inhabiting areas of the Mojave Desert and lower Colorado River, known for their rich oral traditions, basketry, and adaptation to arid environments.
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C.
Tituba
Tituba was an enslaved woman of Indigenous and African descent whose accusations and testimony helped ignite the Salem witch trials in 1692.
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D.
Mojave people
The Mojave people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the lower Colorado River region, whose culture, traditions, and identity are deeply rooted in the Mojave Desert landscape.
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E.
Aquinnah
Aquinnah is a small town on the western tip of Martha’s Vineyard, known for its dramatic clay cliffs, beaches, and Wampanoag cultural heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arawakan people
ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
Old World diseases
ⓘ
Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish colonization
enslavement ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| culturalContinuity | surviving descendants in Caribbean ⓘ |
| culturalInfluenceOn |
Caribbean cuisine
ⓘ
Caribbean languages ⓘ Caribbean place names ⓘ Caribbean religious practices ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
areíto (ceremonial song-dance)
ⓘ
ball game in batey ⓘ |
| dwellingType |
bohío (circular house)
ⓘ
caney (rectangular chief’s house) ⓘ |
| economy | horticulture ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Caribbean ⓘ |
| firstContactWithEuropeans | Christopher Columbus ⓘ |
| firstContactYear | 1492 ⓘ |
| influencedLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| inhabitedRegion |
Bahamas
ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ Greater Antilles ⓘ Hispaniola ⓘ Jamaica ⓘ Puerto Rico ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Arawakan languages ⓘ |
| leaderTitle | cacique ⓘ |
| loanwordInEnglish |
barbecue
ⓘ
canoe ⓘ hammock ⓘ hurricane ⓘ |
| loanwordInSpanish |
barbacoa
ⓘ
hamaca ⓘ huracán ⓘ maíz ⓘ tabaco ⓘ |
| mainCrop |
cassava
ⓘ
maize ⓘ sweet potato ⓘ |
| mainFoodSource |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ hunting ⓘ |
| materialCulture |
canoes
ⓘ
cotton hammocks ⓘ duho (ceremonial stool) ⓘ zemí carvings ⓘ |
| modernDescendantCommunities |
Cuba
ⓘ
Dominican Republic ⓘ Jamaica ⓘ Puerto Rico ⓘ United States diaspora ⓘ |
| populationTrendAfterContact | sharp decline ⓘ |
| practicedReligion | Taíno religion ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | Indigenous people of the Caribbean ⓘ |
| religion | polytheism ⓘ |
| socialClass |
behique (shamans)
ⓘ
naboría (commoners) ⓘ nitaíno (nobility/warriors) ⓘ |
| socialStructure | chiefdoms ⓘ |
| spokeLanguage | Taíno language ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Post-contact Caribbean colonial period
ⓘ
Pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| villageCenterStructure | batey (plaza/ball court) ⓘ |
| worshippedDeityType | zemí spirits ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Taíno Description of subject: The Taíno were an Indigenous Arawakan-speaking people of the Caribbean, especially the Greater Antilles, whose culture and language significantly influenced the region before and after European contact.
Referenced by (31)
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