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Malayo-Polynesian

/məˌleɪəʊˌpɒlɪˈniːʒən/

Malayo-Polynesian proper noun: a subgroup of languages of the Austronesian language family, mostly dispersed around the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean.

Proper noun

Malayo-Polynesian

  1. A subgroup of languages of the Austronesian language family, mostly dispersed around the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean.

Malayo-Polynesian meaning in Vietnamese

Malayo-Polynesian in Vietnamese

Translations
Mã Lai-Đa Đảo

Origin of Malayo-Polynesian

From Malayo- + Polynesian.

Words formed from Malayo-Polynesian

Phrases with Malayo-Polynesian

Questions about Malayo-Polynesian

What does Malayo-Polynesian mean?
Malayo-Polynesian means a subgroup of languages of the Austronesian language family, mostly dispersed around the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean.
What is Malayo-Polynesian in Vietnamese?
Malayo-Polynesian in Vietnamese is Mã Lai-Đa Đảo. See Malayo-Polynesian meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is Malayo-Polynesian?
Malayo-Polynesian is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Malayo-Polynesian?
Malayo-Polynesian is pronounced /məˌleɪəʊˌpɒlɪˈniːʒən/.

Words near Malayo-Polynesian in the dictionary

  1. Malayized
  2. Malayizes
  3. Malayizing
  4. Malayness
  5. Malayo-
  6. Malayo-Polynesian
  7. Malayo-Polynesianist
  8. Malayo-Polynesianists
  9. malayophobe
  10. malayophobes
  11. malayophobia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Malayo-Polynesian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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