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Papuan

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English

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Etymology

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From Papua +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Noun

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Papuan (plural Papuans)

  1. Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea

Translations

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Proper noun

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Papuan

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

Finnish

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Proper noun

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Papuan

  1. genitive singular of Papua