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    The Wayuu (also Wayu, Wayú, Guajiro, Wahiro) are an Indigenous ethnic group of the Guajira Peninsula in northernmost Colombia and northwest Venezuela...
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    Wayuu (Wayuu: Wayuunaiki [waˈjuːnaiki]), or Guajiro, is a major Arawakan language spoken by 400,000 indigenous Wayuu people in northwestern Venezuela and...
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    The Wayuu Wikipedia (Wikipeetia süka wayuunaiki) is an edition of Wikipedia in the Wayuu language. It was created on 27 February 2023. The Wayuu Wikipedia...
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    Patricia Velásquez (category Venezuelan people of Wayuu descent)
    Mummy and its 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns. In 2002, Patricia started the Wayùu Taya Foundation, a foundation committed to improving the living conditions...
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  • Look up Wayuu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wayuu typically refers to the Wayuu people, an indigenous people of Colombia and Venezuela. Other uses...
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    La Guajira Department (category Articles containing Wayuu-language text)
    settlement as the village of Riohacha, as a result of constant attacks by the Wayuu people. In 1544, it was moved to the site of the present-day city. In 1871...
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    Solimões-Caribbean: Marawan †; Palikur Marawa † Caribbean Kaketio † Wayuu-Añun Añun Wayuu Lokono-Iñeri Iñeri: Garifuna; Kalhiphona † Lokono Shebayo † Taino...
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    territory of Colombia, the Wayuu were unique in having learned the use of firearms and horses. In 1769 the Spanish took 22 Wayuus captive, in order to put...
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    Cathorops wayuu, the Wayuu sea catfish, is a species of sea catfish. It is found in shallow coastal and estuarine waters from Camarones in Colombia to...
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    Wayuu descent. Martha Peralta Epieyú (1988–), Senator of Colombia for La Guajira, of Wayuu descent. Luis Díaz (1997–), Colombian footballer, of Wayuu...
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