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1. (adj.) Papuan
of or pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea, or the inhabitants of either.
2. Papuan
of or pertaining to the island of New Guinea or its indigenous inhabitants.
3. Papuan
of, pertaining to, or denoting the group of more than 700 languages, belonging to an as yet undetermined number of language families, spoken on New Guinea, several islands of E Indonesia, and parts of the Bismarck Archipelago, Bougainville, and the W Solomon Islands.
4. (n.) Papuan
a native or inhabitant of Papua or Papua New Guinea.
5. Papuan
a member of any of the indigenous peoples of New Guinea.
6. Papuan
a speaker of a Papuan language.
7. Papuan
the Papuan languages collectively.
Etymology: (1805–15)
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1. (noun) Papuan
a native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea
2. (adj) Papuan, Papuan language
any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages
3. (adj) Papuan
of or relating to Papua or its people or language
"Papuan native crafts"; "Papuan vowels"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) papuan
of or pertaining to Papua
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