1. (n) A peasant class or farming woman or girl. A woman or girl from the countryside of Cuba. (Cuban
Slang)
2. (n) The
name of a Peninsula (an the desert located therein) in the northernmost part of South America shared by Colombia and Venezuela.
3. (n) The
people of the indiginous Amerindian ethnic group called the "Wayùu" in northern Colombia. (also spelled Wajira/o)
4. (n) A form of Cuban music characterized by... and deriving its name from the Cuban peasants from whom it originates.
1. Guantánamera. Guajira Guantánamera. (Guantánamo Girl. Peasant Guantánamo Girl.) - lyrics to an old Cuban folk song made
popular by Celia Cruz.
2. The Wayúu people live in Guajira.
3. The Guajiro boy from Colombia stole your
goat miss.
4. Did you hear how the band switched so smoothly from Danzón to Guajira man? Sick!