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Minkinan

Minkinan proper noun: an extinct non-Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal language family formerly located in the Burketown region of Queensland, of which Minkin is the sole member.

Proper noun

Minkinan

  1. An extinct non-Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal language family formerly located in the Burketown region of Queensland, of which Minkin is the sole member.

Origin of Minkinan

From Minkin + -an.

Questions about Minkinan

What does Minkinan mean?
Minkinan means an extinct non-Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal language family formerly located in the Burketown region of Queensland, of which Minkin is the sole member.
What part of speech is Minkinan?
Minkinan is a proper noun.

Words near Minkinan in the dictionary

  1. minkewhales
  2. minkhound
  3. minkhounds
  4. Minkies
  5. Minkin
  6. Minkinan
  7. minkish
  8. minkishi
  9. minkisi
  10. Minkler
  11. Minklers

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