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Tupamaro
(Tupa|maro)
Pronunciation:
/ˌtuːpəˈmɑːrəʊ/
noun
(
plural
Tupamaros
)
a member of a Marxist urban guerrilla organization in Uruguay that was active mainly in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Origin:
1960s
: from
Tupac Amarú
, the name of an 18th-century Inca leader
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