Papuan

[pæpjuәn]

Definition

(noun.) any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages.

(noun.) a native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea.

(adj.) of or relating to Papua or its people or language; 'Papuan native crafts'; 'Papuan vowels' .

Typist: Rodger--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Of or pertaining to Papua.

Checker: Phelps

Definition

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.

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