Taíno

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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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Generate an image of the Taíno (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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arawakan people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
affectedBy Old World diseases ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (63)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Puerto Rican Spanish → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Taíno languages ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Caribbean → hasEthnicGroup → Indigenous Caribbean peoples ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Puerto Ricans → hasAncestry → Taíno people ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Pre-Columbian era → includesCivilization → Taino people ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Pre-Columbian era → includesCivilization → Arawak peoples ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Dominican Republic → hasCulturalInfluenceFrom → Taíno peoples ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Raíces Fountain → depicts → Taíno people ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Arawakan languages → hasLanguage → Taíno language ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Lucayan Archipelago → namedAfter → Lucayan people ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Lucayan Archipelago → hasHistoricalInhabitants → Lucayan people ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Indigenous peoples of the Americas → includesEthnicGroup → Taíno ⓘ
Spanish conquest of Cuba → mainBelligerent → Taíno people ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Ciboney language → spokenBy → Ciboney people ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Ciboney language → alternativeName → Ciboney ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Ciboney language → alternativeName → Ciboneyan ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Guanahani → culturalContext → Taíno-speaking Lucayan culture ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Caguax → ethnicity → Taíno ⓘ
Caguax → culture → Taíno culture ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Caguax → language → Taíno language ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Haitians → ethnicOrigin → Indigenous Taíno ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Coat of arms of Jamaica → featuresSupporter → Taino woman ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Arawak → relatedEthnicGroup → Taíno ⓘ
Bomba → hasCulturalRootsIn → Taíno people ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Cuban Spanish → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Taíno language ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Dominicans → historicalInfluence → Taíno culture ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Eastern Jamaica → hasEthnicInfluence → Indigenous Taíno ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Jamaica
linked to: Taíno
Boca de Guamá → hasCulturalTheme → Taíno culture ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Hatuey → ethnicity → Taíno ⓘ
Hatuey → associatedWith → Taíno people ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Guamá → ethnicity → Taíno ⓘ
Guamá → partOf → Taíno people ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Spanish conquest of Hispaniola → opponent → Taíno people ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Spanish conquest of Hispaniola → involvedEthnicGroup → Taíno people ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Indian Cave (Puerto Rico) → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Taíno people ⓘ
subject linked to: Indian Cave
linked to: Taíno
Municipality of Jayuya → hasCulturalHeritage → Taíno culture ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Enriquillo → ethnicity → Taíno ⓘ
Enriquillo → isPartOf → Taíno people ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Afro-Puerto Rican culture → hasInfluenceFrom → Taíno culture ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Lucayans → culture → Taíno culture ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Lucayans → subgroupOf → Taíno ⓘ
Lucayans → relatedEthnicGroup → Greater Antillean Taíno ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Lucayans → relatedEthnicGroup → Ciboney ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Lucayans → endonym → Lucayan Taíno ⓘ
linked to: Taíno
Taíno chiefdoms of central Puerto Rico → partOf → Taíno society ⓘ
linked to: Taíno