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Torres Strait Creole

UK/ˈtɔːɹɛz stɹeɪt ˈkɹiːəʊl/US/ˈtɔːɹɛz stɹeɪt ˈkɹiːoʊl/

Torres Strait Creole proper noun: a creole spoken in the Torres Strait Islands.

Proper noun

Torres Strait Creole

  1. A creole spoken in the Torres Strait Islands.
    Synonyms:
    Torres Strait Broken, Torres Strait Pidgin, Cape York Creole, Lockhart Creole

Synonyms of Torres Strait Creole

  • Torres Strait Broken
  • Torres Strait Pidgin
  • Cape York Creole
  • Lockhart Creole

Origin of Torres Strait Creole

From Torres Strait + Creole (“language formed from two parent languages”).

Questions about Torres Strait Creole

What does Torres Strait Creole mean?
Torres Strait Creole means a creole spoken in the Torres Strait Islands.
What part of speech is Torres Strait Creole?
Torres Strait Creole is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Torres Strait Creole?
Torres Strait Creole is pronounced /ˈtɔːɹɛz stɹeɪt ˈkɹiːəʊl/ (UK).

Words near Torres Strait Creole in the dictionary

  1. torrert
  2. torrerts
  3. Torres
  4. Torres Bugauen
  5. Torres Strait
  6. Torres Strait Creole
  7. Torres Strait Islander
  8. Torres Strait Islanders
  9. Torres Strait Islands
  10. Torres Strait pigeon
  11. Torres Strait pigeons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Torres Strait Creole (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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