plural Aymara or Aymaras
1
: a member of an Indian people of Bolivia, Peru, and northern Chile
2
: the language of the Aymara people
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But the Indigenous Aymara women of Bolivia have chosen to reclaim and rebrand the slur.
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Maya Silver, Outside Online, 30 July 2025
Stunted by the work of its actors, this plaintive vision of the Aymara people remains at a remove, stronger as a provocation on paper than as a morality tale on the screen.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
Joanna is an Aymara woman born with a man's body and raised according to the customs of her indigenous Bolivian culture.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
Classes are translated into Aymara, a language spoken by more than 2 million, by Lidia Mayta, a Warmi student turned trainer.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
Whereas English speakers often point backward in discussing the past, Aymara speakers do the opposite.
—Ross Perlin, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
In Bolivia, whole nations of pre-Columbian peoples, such as the Aymara and the Quechua, have lived on, under varying layers of Hispanization, which has seeped through into every aspect of identity, from religion and culture to language and race.
—Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
The goal of the travesía was in part to shine a light on the network of paths that, along with the culture of the Andean Aymara llama herders who still use them, is fading from existence.
—Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2023
Climate change has brought long-term pressure to the Aymara people’s fragile subsistence but this year’s crop failure is unprecedented.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
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Maya Silver, Outside Online, 30 July 2025
Stunted by the work of its actors, this plaintive vision of the Aymara people remains at a remove, stronger as a provocation on paper than as a morality tale on the screen.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
Joanna is an Aymara woman born with a man's body and raised according to the customs of her indigenous Bolivian culture.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
Classes are translated into Aymara, a language spoken by more than 2 million, by Lidia Mayta, a Warmi student turned trainer.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
Whereas English speakers often point backward in discussing the past, Aymara speakers do the opposite.
—Ross Perlin, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
In Bolivia, whole nations of pre-Columbian peoples, such as the Aymara and the Quechua, have lived on, under varying layers of Hispanization, which has seeped through into every aspect of identity, from religion and culture to language and race.
—Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
The goal of the travesía was in part to shine a light on the network of paths that, along with the culture of the Andean Aymara llama herders who still use them, is fading from existence.
—Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2023
Climate change has brought long-term pressure to the Aymara people’s fragile subsistence but this year’s crop failure is unprecedented.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
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“Aymara.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Aymara. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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