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Andaman

American  
[an-duh-muhn] / ˈæn də mən /

adjective

  1. Also of or relating to the Andaman Islands, the Andamanese people, or their language.


noun

  1. Andamanese.

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Around 400 kilometres away, change is already starting to ripple through the archipelago's island of Little Andaman, which Joshi has said will see the "next developmental thrust" after Great Nicobar.

From Barron's May 18, 2026

"We don't even know how they identify themselves," Justin told AFP on the main Andaman Island -- a different world, but just two hours away by boat.

From Barron's May 18, 2026

The find adds to the growing list of unique wildlife recorded in the Andaman and Nicobar region, an area known for its rich but still underexplored biodiversity.

From Science Daily Dec. 5, 2025

On 7 May, the refugees said they were taken to Hindon airport, just east of Delhi, where they boarded planes to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, an Indian territory in the Bay of Bengal.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2025

Only on the remote Andaman Islands do languages unrelated to the South Chinese language families persist—the last linguistic survivors of what must have been hundreds of now extinct aboriginal Southeast Asian languages.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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