Nicobarese
Americannoun
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a member of a people or group of peoples inhabiting the Nicobar Islands.
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the group of Austroasiatic languages spoken by the Nicobarese.
Etymology
Origin of Nicobarese
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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Totalling around 1,200 people, these include the Nicobarese as well as the Shompen, hunter-gatherers who shun contact with outsiders, who Survival describes as "one of the most isolated peoples on Earth."
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Manish Chandi has been one of the few to regularly visit the small villages of the Nicobarese, which are off-limits except with special permission.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
“Most Nicobarese here are now manual labourers and stay in a settlement instead of their ancestral lands,” Mr Justin says.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2024
The Nicobarese response offers some important lessons for effective management of the pandemic.
From Scientific American • Jul. 31, 2021
Eno's fruit salt, camphor, castor-oil, turpentine, and quinine, are the principal features of the Nicobarese pharmacopœia.
From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by Kloss, C. Boden
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