Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the peoples, languages, or cultures of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea.
- noun A member of any of the indigenous peoples of New Guinea and neighboring islands.
- noun Any of the indigenous languages of New Guinea, New Britain, and the Solomon Islands.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Papua or New Guinea, a large island north of Australia, now divided among Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Germany.
- noun An inhabitant of Papua.
- noun One of a savage race of black color, dolichocephalicc, with crisp, frizzled hair, inhabiting many islands and island-groups of the Pacific near Australia: so called from the island of Papua or New Guinea.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Papua.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective From, or pertaining to
Papua orPapua New Guinea - noun Someone from
Papua orPapua New Guinea
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
- adjective of or relating to Papua or its people or language
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Examples
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The peoples with the oval-axe culture are the so-called Papuan peoples in Melanesia; they, too, migrated from southern China, probably before the others.
A History of China Wolfram Eberhard 1949
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While the Koita belong to the Papuan stock and speak a Papuan language, most of the men understand the Motu tongue, which is one of the Melanesian family.
The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897
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They speak a Papuan language, but their physical characteristics are believed to indicate a strain of Negrito blood. [
The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897
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Clinton in turn said the United States supports “open dialogue” between the Indonesian government and Papuan representatives to address regional grievances.
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Clinton in turn said the United States supports “open dialogue” between the Indonesian government and Papuan representatives to address regional grievances.
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Clinton in turn said the United States supports “open dialogue” between the Indonesian government and Papuan representatives to address regional grievances.
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Clinton in turn said the United States supports “open dialogue” between the Indonesian government and Papuan representatives to address regional grievances.
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Tuesday's protests coincided with a conference in London where parliamentarians and non-governmental organizations discussed Papuan independence.
Violence, Protests Underscore Papuan Independence Movement 2011
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Clinton in turn said the United States supports “open dialogue” between the Indonesian government and Papuan representatives to address regional grievances.
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Clinton in turn said the United States supports “open dialogue” between the Indonesian government and Papuan representatives to address regional grievances.
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