Definition of "Taino"

Taino¹

/ˈtaɪnoʊ/

noun
plural Tainos or Taino
1. A member of a group of pre-Columbian indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser Antilles.
  Quotations
  He was accepted as a Taino now and must adapt to their ways.
  2015, Donald H Sullivan, Turnbull's Slaves: A Minorcan Story - Plus Taino, Lulu Press, Inc
  Following the birth of a baby, Tainos would perform a naming ritual where the child would be pronounced as a Taino and a human being (Keegan, 1997).
  2016, Hector Y. Adames, Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, Cultural Foundations and Interventions in Latino/a Mental Health: History, Theory and within Group Differences, Routledge, page 24
proper noun
1. Their Arawakan language, now extinct.

Taino²

proper noun
1. A municipality in Lombardy, Italy.