Definitions for Papuan

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Papuan Pap·u·an

Spelling: [pap-yoo-uh n]

IPA: /ˈpæp yu ən/

Papuan is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 42 anagrams from letters in Papuan (aanppu).

Definitions for Papuan

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of New Guinea or Papua New Guinea.
2. any of the Papuan languages.

adjective

1. of or relating to New Guinea or to Papua New Guinea.
2. noting or pertaining to the indigenous black peoples of New Guinea, characterized by a black or dark brown complexion and crisp, frizzled hair.
3. 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.

Origin of Papuan

First recorded in 1805-15; Papu(a) + -an

Examples for Papuan

The Papuan, on the other hand, has a face which we may say is compressed and projecting.

The interior is occupied by the aborigines, a people of Papuan stock.

The natives belong to the Papuan race, and some of them are Christians.

They show signs of intermixture with Polynesian or Papuan stock.

Was he not going to preach on behalf of the Papuan Mission next Sunday?

Its inhabitants are Papuan thorough-bred, of the brown variety.

In the north of Australia there are traces of Malay and Papuan blood.

Every Papuan tore a branch from the shrubs around and waved it boisterously.

The poor Papuan goes all his days beset by the Powers of Darkness.

There is the pure Papuan, who has been largely merged in the Kei type.