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Papuan

/ˈpɑpuən/ US

adjective more Papuan · most Papuan

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

noun Papuans

Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea

proper noun

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

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adj pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea

Português	papua
Français	papou, papoue
Română	papuaș, papua-neoguineean
Русский	папуа́сский papuásskij

noun Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea

Português	papua
Français	Papou, Papoue
Deutsch	Papua
Română	papuaș, papuașă
Русский	папуа́с papuás, папуа́ска papuáska

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@misc{papuan_2026,
  title = {Papuan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/papuan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}