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Meriam

Meriam noun: a member of an Aboriginal people who live on Mer (Murray Island), in the eastern group of Torres Strait Islands off the northern tip of Australia.

Noun

Meriam (plural Meriams or Meriam)

  1. A member of an Aboriginal people who live on Mer (Murray Island), in the eastern group of Torres Strait Islands off the northern tip of Australia.
    • The Meriams believed in "Bomai", a shape-shifting sea spirit, who had come to them as an octopus and united the eight island tribes under his watchful eyes.2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 99

Proper noun

Meriam

  1. The Trans-Fly Papuan language of the Meriam people; Meryam Mir.

Forms of Meriam

pluralMeriams
pluralMeriam

Origin of Meriam

From Mer (“Murray Island”), off the northern coast of Australia.

Questions about Meriam

What does Meriam mean?
Meriam means a member of an Aboriginal people who live on Mer (Murray Island), in the eastern group of Torres Strait Islands off the northern tip of Australia.
What part of speech is Meriam?
Meriam can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Meriam?
The plural of Meriam is Meriams.

Words near Meriam in the dictionary

  1. merhusband
  2. merhusbands
  3. meri
  4. Meriah
  5. Meriahs
  6. Meriam
  7. Meriams
  8. meribendan
  9. Merica
  10. mericarp
  11. mericarpal

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