Meriam
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Meriam
Where it comes from
From Mer (“Murray Island”), off the northern coast of Australia.
noun Meriams · Meriam
- A member of an Aboriginal people who live on Mer (Murray Island), in the eastern group of Torres Strait Islands off the northern tip of Australia. The Meriams believed in "Bomai", a shape-shifting sea spirit, who had come to them as an octopus and united the eight island tribes under his watchful eyes.
proper noun
- The Trans-Fly Papuan language of the Meriam people; Meryam Mir.
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