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or less commonly TupÃ
plural Tupi or Tupis also Tupà or TupÃs
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: a language family of lowland South America that includes Tupi-Guarani and the speech of a number of other peoples living mainly in Brazil south of the Amazon River
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The first books Europeans wrote about the Tupi portrayed them as practitioners of ritual cannibalism, and the Group of Five metaphorically repurposed that notion.
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Larry Rohter, The New York Review of Books, 14 Sep. 2023
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Larry Rohter, The New York Review of Books, 14 Sep. 2023
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“Tupi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tupi. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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