Andaman

American  

[an-duh-muhn] / ˈæn də mən /

adjective

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

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noun

1. Andamanese.

Example Sentences

Although the Andaman and Nicobar Islands have been studied for decades, many parts of their forests remain difficult to access, and some groups of animals are still poorly documented.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2025

Krit Thepbumrung, president of the Andaman Tour Guides Assn., said that five years ago most of the hundreds of unlicensed tour guides in Phuket were Chinese.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are home to some of the most isolated and vulnerable tribes in the world, with five groups classified as "particularly vulnerable."

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2024

Mr Justin, an anthropologist, has grown up in the Andaman and Nicobar islands straddling India’s east coast.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2024

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