What does "andaman" mean?

Related to the Andaman Islands, or to their people or languages.

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Andaman

//ˈæn.də.mən// adj

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Adjective

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Related to the Andaman Islands, or to their people or languages. not-comparable

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"Going to the island, which is part of India’s Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, is illegal and all efforts to study the Sentinelese have been made from a distance."

Etymology

Probably from Malay Handuman, further derived from Sanskrit हनुमान् (hanumān).

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