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Papuas

Papuas is the plural of Papua.

Meaning of Papua

Noun

Papua (plural Papuas or Papua)

  1. (dated) A person indigenous to Papua.
    • The Papuas are so termed in the Malay language, from their extreme darkness, approaching to black.1841, The Colonial Magazine and Commercial-Maritime Journal, page 447

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Questions about Papuas

What is Papuas the plural of?
Papuas is the plural of Papua.

Words near Papuas in the dictionary

  1. Papuan hornbills
  2. Papuan monitor
  3. Papuan monitors
  4. Papuanness
  5. Papuans
  6. Papuas
  7. Papuasia
  8. Papuasian
  9. papula
  10. papulacandin
  11. papulacandins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Papuas (page history and authors); Papua (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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