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Meriams

Meriams is the plural of Meriam.

Meaning of Meriam

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

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Questions about Meriams

What is Meriams the plural of?
Meriams is the plural of Meriam.

Words near Meriams in the dictionary

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

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