Papuan
of or relating to New Guinea or to Papua New Guinea.
noting or pertaining to the Indigenous Black peoples of New Guinea.
of or relating to any of the unaffiliated languages indigenous to New Guinea and other islands nearby, especially Timor, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Moluccas, and the Solomons.
a native or inhabitant of New Guinea or Papua New Guinea.
any of the Papuan languages.
Origin of Papuan
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How to use Papuan in a sentence
They would come close in-shore, and I would spear them from the rocks with a Papuan fishing-spear.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont | Louis de RougemontNaturally the Papuan influx affected chiefly the northern part of Central Australia.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtThe Papuan races likewise wandered far across the Indian Ocean.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtIn their beginnings, these factors already manifest themselves in the wanderings of the Papuan and Negrito tribes.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtThe inhabitants were fleeing away from us in their curious canoes, which, unlike most Papuan canoes, had no outrigger whatever.
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines | H. Wilfrid Walker
British Dictionary definitions for Papuan
/ (ˈpæpjʊən) /
of or relating to Papua or any of the languages spoken there
a native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea
any of several languages of Papua New Guinea that apparently do not belong to the Malayo-Polynesian family
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