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Meaning of "Papuan" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PAPUAN

Papuan  [ˈpæpjʊən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PAPUAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Papuan can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PAPUAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Papua

Papua or Papuan may refer to: Relating to the island of New Guinea: ▪ New Guinea, a large island in the southwest Pacific Ocean ▪ Papuan people, who are indigenous to New Guinea and all the Solomon Islands ▪ Papuan languages, spoken by Papuan peoples ▪ Papua New Guinea, an independent country comprising the eastern half of the island of New Guinea ▪ Territory of Papua and New Guinea, an Australian-administered predecessor of Papua New Guinea ▪ Territory of Papua, a British/Australian-administered territory in southeastern New Guinea, united in 1949 with Territory of New Guinea to the north ▪ Papua Region, one of the four current regions of Papua New Guinea, roughly coterminous with the former Territory of Papua ▪ West Papua, the Indonesian western half of the island of New Guinea ▪ Papua conflict, a separatist conflict in the region of West Papua ▪ Papua, the larger, eastern province within the region of West Papua ▪ West Papua, the...

Definition of Papuan in the English dictionary

The first definition of Papuan in the dictionary is of or relating to Papua or any of the languages spoken there. Other definition of Papuan is a native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea. Papuan is also any of several languages of Papua New Guinea that apparently do not belong to the Malayo-Polynesian family.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PAPUAN


ajowan
ˈædʒəʊən
Baron-Cohen
ˌbærənˈkəʊən
Bowen
ˈbəʊən
Cohen
ˈkəʊən
cowan
ˈkaʊən
eoan
iːˈəʊən
Frauen
ˈfraʊən
gargantuan
ɡɑːˈɡæntjʊən
gowan
ˈɡaʊən
Iowan
ˈaɪəʊən
leguaan
ˈlɛɡjʊən
metazoan
ˌmɛtəˈzəʊən
Minoan
mɪˈnəʊən
Nicaraguan
ˌnɪkəˈræɡjʊən
rowan
ˈrəʊən
rowen
ˈraʊən
Samoan
səˈməʊən
sewen
ˈsjʊən
sewin
ˈsjʊən
triduan
ˈtrɪdjʊən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PAPUAN

Pappus of Alexandria
pappy
paprika
Papua
Papua New Guinea
Papua-New-Guinean

WORDS THAT END LIKE PAPUAN

Antiguan
Assouan
Assuan
Don Juan
duan
guan
Kairouan
Labuan
lauan
Nauruan
San Juan
Sichuan
Siouan
Szechuan
taguan
Taiyuan
tuan
Tuvaluan
Yinchuan
yuan

Synonyms and antonyms of Papuan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Papuan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PAPUAN

Find out the translation of Papuan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Papuan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Papuan» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

巴布亚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

papú
570 millions of speakers

English

Papuan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Papuan
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بابوا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Папуас
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Papua
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাপুয়ান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

papou
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Papua
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Papua
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パプア人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

파푸아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wong Papua
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Papua
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பபுவான்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पापुआन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Papua
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Papua
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Papuan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

папуас
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Papuan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Παπούα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Papoea
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Papuan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Papuan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Papuan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PAPUAN»

The term «Papuan» is regularly used and occupies the 96.368 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PAPUAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Papuan» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Papuan» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Papuan

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PAPUAN»

Discover the use of Papuan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Papuan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hua, a Papuan Language of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea
These are some of the areas in which the grammar of Hua is unusually perspicuous. The present work aims at a standard of completeness such that it would be a useful reference work for research in almost any theoretical topic.
John Haiman, 1980
2
The Papuan Languages of New Guinea
In this respect alone, the present volume, systematically organised on mainly typology principles, is particularly timely and useful.
‎1986
3
Structures and Their Functions in Usan: A Papuan Language of ...
Usan is a Papuan language.
Ger P. Reesink, 1987
4
Society of Others: Kinship and Mourning in a West Papuan Place
Erudite, empathetic, and unremittingly smart, Society of Others recasts the very meaning of kinship--and makes a case for the power of what anthropologists do.
Rupert Stasch, 2009
5
Papuan Campaign: The Buna-Sanananda Operation: 16 Nov. ...
Covers the American part in the Buna-Sanananda campaign of WW II, in which Australian and American troops defeated the Japanese Imperial Army.
DIANE Publishing Company, 1997
6
Irian Jaya Under the Gun: Indonesian Economic Development ...
Jim Elmslie traces events in Irian Jaya/West Papua from the departure of the Dutch in 1963 to December 1999.
Jim Elmslie, 2002
7
Permissive Residents: West Papuan Refugees Living in Papua ...
This book offers another frame through which to view the event of the outrigger landing of 43 West Papuans in Australia in 2006.
Diana Glazebrook, 2008
8
Papuan Borderlands: Huli, Duna, and Ipili Perspectives on ...
Explores cultural contacts along a border zone in a region of increasing international importance
Aletta Biersack, 1995
9
Constructing Papuan Nationalism: History, Ethnicity, and ...
It also explores the possibility that the Special Autonomy Law of 2001, if implemented fully, might provide a framework in which Papuan national aspirations might be realized.This is the fourteenth publication in Policy Studies, a peer ...
Richard Chauvel, 2005
10
Serial verb constructions in Austronesian and Papuan languages
"This volume of new work explores the nature of verb serialisation in a range of languages from the Pacific region - both Austronesian and non-Austronesian.
Gunter Senft, Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PAPUAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Papuan is used in the context of the following news items.
1
View Point: Tolikara: Painful for the majority, a reminder for the minority
... Christians — apparently mostly native Papuans — who tried to force a group of Muslims, reportedly mostly non- Papuan migrants, to disperse ... «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»
2
Papuan religious leaders meet Jokowi, commit to
Prosecution begins: AK (center), a suspect in last week's Tolikara riot, arrives at the Jayapura Police headquarters in Papua, on Friday. «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»
3
How a simple $100 DNA test can unlock so much about an …
Aboriginal and Papuan people, however, do carry traces of DNA from another extinct species of human, the Denisovans. Prof Austin says homo ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
4
Politics of Polarization in New Caledonia
... and works as a Director of the West Papuan Development Company, ... well access and sanitation infrastructure in the Papuan provinces. «The Diplomat, Jul 15»
5
Papuan leader wants investigation of tolikara incident
Jayapura, Papua, July 21 (Antara) - Pater Neles Tebay, Coordinator of Papua Peace Networks (JDP) calls for sympathy and serious attention to ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jul 15»
6
Resolution Copper: 6 Egregious Examples of Parent Rio Tinto's …
... with about 500,000 indigenous West Papuan lives lost in what has been dubbed the “forgotten war,” the Free West Papua Campaignsays. «Indian Country Today Media Network, Jul 15»
7
Antasari 'deserves President's
“Let's consider the recent release of Papuan convicts. Clemency was given to them as [the government] considered them political detainees,” ... «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»
8
East Timor's former president Jose Ramos Horta says West Papua …
"I would urge West Papuan elites to seize on the opportunity with a new president to find the best possible arrangement between Jakarta and ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
9
A noble cause in Melanesian
Second, MSG leaders have made it clear that they respect Indonesia's authority regarding issues of Papuan sovereignty. The Agreement ... «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»
10
Papuan church leaders react to 'religious' violence
Three Christian church leaders have hit back at reports that Christians were at fault following a violent attack on Muslims in Indonesia's Papua ... «Radio New Zealand, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Papuan [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/papuan>. Apr 2024 ».
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