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Papuan

//ˈpɑpuən// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    From, or pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
  2. 2
    Pertaining to the Papuan group of languages.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to Papua or its people or language wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A geographical grouping of languages spoken on the island of New Guinea and its neighboring islands, as opposed to Austronesian.
Noun
  1. 1
    Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
  2. 2
    any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages wordnet
  3. 3
    a native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Papua + -an.

Etymology 2

From Papua + -an.

Etymology 3

From Papua + -an.

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