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Garawan

Garawan proper noun: a family of non-Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal suffixing languages spoken in the Borroloola region of northern Australia.

Proper noun

Garawan

  1. A family of non-Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal suffixing languages spoken in the Borroloola region of northern Australia.

Origin of Garawan

From Garawa + -an.

Questions about Garawan

What does Garawan mean?
Garawan means a family of non-Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal suffixing languages spoken in the Borroloola region of northern Australia.
What part of speech is Garawan?
Garawan is a proper noun.

Words near Garawan in the dictionary

  1. garavances
  2. garavellite
  3. Garavito
  4. Garavitos
  5. Garawa
  6. Garawan
  7. garawi
  8. Garay
  9. garaya
  10. Garays
  11. garb

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