Papuan

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English

Etymology

From Papua +‎ -an.

Adjective

Papuan (comparative more Papuan, superlative most Papuan)

  1. From, or pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
  2. Pertaining to the Papuan group of languages.

Translations

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Noun

Papuan (plural Papuans)

  1. Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea

Translations

Proper noun

Papuan

  1. A geographical grouping of languages spoken on the island of New Guinea and its neighboring islands, as opposed to Austronesian.

Finnish

Proper noun

Papuan

  1. genitive singular of Papua