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Gunwinyguan

Gunwinyguan proper noun: a family of non-Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal prefixing languages spoken in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

Proper noun

Gunwinyguan

  1. A family of non-Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal prefixing languages spoken in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

Origin of Gunwinyguan

From Gunwinygu + -an.

Questions about Gunwinyguan

What does Gunwinyguan mean?
Gunwinyguan means a family of non-Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal prefixing languages spoken in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
What part of speech is Gunwinyguan?
Gunwinyguan is a proper noun.

Words near Gunwinyguan in the dictionary

  1. gunwale
  2. gunwaled
  3. gunwales
  4. Gunwinggu
  5. Gunwinygu
  6. Gunwinyguan
  7. Gunwinyku
  8. gunwise
  9. gunwoman
  10. gunwomen
  11. gunwork

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