Papuan Definition

păpyo͝o-ən
adjective
Of Papua or its peoples, languages, or cultures.
Webster's New World
noun
A person born or living in Papua New Guinea.
Webster's New World
A member of any of the indigenous peoples of New Guinea and nearby islands.
Webster's New World
Any of a group of languages spoken in New Guinea and elsewhere in the SW Pacific.
Webster's New World
This language group.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Papuan language

Other Word Forms of Papuan

Noun

Singular:
Papuan
Plural:
papuans

Papuan Sentence Examples

  • Previous to the existence of the strait, and across its site, there poured into Australia a wealth of Papuan forms. Along the Pacific slope of the Queensland Cordillera these found in soil and climate a congenial home.

  • Again, while they differ physically from neighbouring races, while there is practically nothing in common between them and the Malays, the Polynesians, or the Papuan Melanesians, they agree in type so closely among themselves that they must be regarded as forming one race.

  • For the Tasmanians in many ways closely approximated to the Papuan type.

  • How did the Tasmanians with their Papuan affinities get so far south on a continent inhabited by a race so differing from Papuans?

  • Why should a Papuan type be found in what was certainly once a portion of the Australian continent?

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Words Starting With

PPAPAP

Words Ending With

NANUAN

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Words Starting With P and Ending With N

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With P6 Letter Words Ending With N