What does papuan mean?
Definitions for papuan
ˈpæp yu ənpapuan
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Princeton's WordNet
Papuannoun
a native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea
Papuan, Papuan languageadjective
any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages
Papuanadjective
of or relating to Papua or its people or language
"Papuan native crafts"; "Papuan vowels"
Wiktionary
Papuannoun
Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
Papuanadjective
From, or pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
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papuan
Papuan generally refers to anything related to Papua, which is part of the country of Indonesia and the eastern part of the island of New Guinea. It can be used to describe the indigenous people, their languages, and their cultures. The term is sometimes used more broadly to refer to the indigenous people and cultures of the entire New Guinea region.
Webster Dictionary
Papuanadjective
of or pertaining to Papua
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Papuan
pap′ū-an, adj. pertaining to Papua or New Guinea.—n. an inhabitant of Papua: one of a race of black colour, dolichocephalic, with rough and frizzly hair, inhabiting many of the islands of the Pacific near Australia. [Malay.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of papuan in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of papuan in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of papuan in a Sentence
The separatists started shooting sporadically at joint security forces who were approaching them in front of a honai (traditional Papuan house), after they (security forces) responded with shots, the separatists ran for the woods while shooting indiscriminately.
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