papuan

3 definitions found

papuan - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Papuan \Pap"u*an\, prop. a.
     Of or pertaining to Papua.
     [1913 Webster]

  Papuars \Pap"u*ars\, n. pl.; sing. Papuan. (Ethnol.)
     The native black race of Papua or New Guinea, and the
     adjacent islands.
     [1913 Webster]

papuan - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Papuan
      adj 1: of or relating to Papua or its people or language;
             "Papuan native crafts"; "Papuan vowels"
      n 1: a native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea
      2: any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or
         New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-
         Polynesian languages [syn: Papuan, Papuan language]