Papuan
/ˈpɑpuən/
Papuan adjective: from, or pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea.
Adjective
Papuan (comparative more Papuan, superlative most Papuan)
- From, or pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
- Pertaining to the Papuan group of languages.
Noun
Papuan (plural Papuans)
- Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
Proper noun
Papuan
- A geographical grouping of languages spoken on the island of New Guinea and its neighboring islands, as opposed to Austronesian.
Papuan meaning in Bengali
Papuan in Bengali
- পাপুয়ান
Forms of Papuan
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more Papuan |
| superlative | most Papuan |
| Noun | |
| plural | Papuans |
Origin of Papuan
From Papua + -an.
Words formed from Papuan
Phrases with Papuan
Questions about Papuan
- What does Papuan mean?
- Papuan means from, or pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea.
- What is Papuan in Bengali?
- Papuan in Bengali is পাপুয়ান. See Papuan meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is Papuan?
- Papuan can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Papuan?
- Papuan is pronounced /ˈpɑpuən/ (US).
Words near Papuan in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Papuan (page history and authors); Papuan (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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