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Marquesan

Marquesan adjective: of or pertaining to the Marquesas Islands.

Adjective

Marquesan (comparative more Marquesan, superlative most Marquesan)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Marquesas Islands.

Noun

Marquesan (plural Marquesans)

  1. An inhabitant of the Marquesas Islands.

Proper noun

Marquesan

  1. A collection of East-Central Polynesian dialects, of the Marquesic group, spoken in the Marquesas Islands.

Forms of Marquesan

Adjective
comparativemore Marquesan
superlativemost Marquesan
Noun
pluralMarquesans

Origin of Marquesan

From Marquesas + -an.

Questions about Marquesan

What does Marquesan mean?
Marquesan means of or pertaining to the Marquesas Islands.
What part of speech is Marquesan?
Marquesan can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Marquesan in the dictionary

  1. marqueelike
  2. marquees
  3. marquench
  4. marquenching
  5. marques
  6. Marquesan
  7. Marquesans
  8. Marquesas
  9. Marquesas Islands
  10. marquesate
  11. marquesates

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