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Jarawa

Jarawa noun: a member of an Adivasi indigenous people of the Andaman Islands.

Noun

Jarawa (plural Jarawas or Jarawa)

  1. A member of an Adivasi indigenous people of the Andaman Islands.

Proper noun (1)

Jarawa

  1. An Ongan language spoken by the Jarawa people of Andaman Islands.

Proper noun (2)

Jarawa

  1. The most populous of the Southern Bantoid Jarawan languages of eastern Nigeria.

Forms of Jarawa

pluralJarawas
pluralJarawa

Origin of Jarawa

Borrowed from Aka-Bea [Term?] (“foreigner”).

Questions about Jarawa

What does Jarawa mean?
Jarawa means a member of an Adivasi indigenous people of the Andaman Islands.
What part of speech is Jarawa?
Jarawa can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Jarawa?
The plural of Jarawa is Jarawas.

Words near Jarawa in the dictionary

  1. jararacussus
  2. jararaka
  3. jararakas
  4. jararhagin
  5. Jaratkaru
  6. Jarawa
  7. Jarawan
  8. Jarawas
  9. jarbird
  10. jarbirds
  11. jarble

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