Papuan

See also: papuan

English

Etymology

From Papua +‎ -an.

Adjective

Papuan (comparative more Papuan, superlative most Papuan)

1. From, or pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
2. Pertaining to the Papuan group of languages.

Translations

pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea

• Czech: papuánský (cs)
• Finnish: papualainen, papuauusiguinealainen (fi)
• French: papou (fr) m, papoue (fr) f
• Hungarian: pápua (hu)
• Irish: Papuach
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: papuansk (no)

  Nynorsk: papuansk

• Polish: papuaski (pl), papuański (pl) (pertaining to Papua New Guinea)
• Portuguese: papua
• Romanian: papuaș (ro), papua-neoguineean (pertaining to Papua New Guinea)
• Russian: папуа́сский (ru) (papuásskij)
• Swedish: papuansk (sv)

Noun

Papuan (plural Papuans)

1. Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea

Translations

Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea

• Armenian: պապուաս (papuas)
• Czech: Papuánec (cs) m, Papuánka (cs) f
• Esperanto: papuo (♂♀), papuino (♀)
• Finnish: papualainen, papuauusiguinealainen (fi)
• French: Papou (fr) m, Papoue (fr) f
• German: Papua (de) m or f
• Hungarian: pápua (hu)
• Irish: Papuach m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: papuaner (no) m

  Nynorsk: papuan m, papuanar m

• Portuguese: papua m or f
• Romanian: papuaș (ro) m, papuașă (ro) f
• Russian: папуа́с (ru) m (papuás), папуа́ска (ru) f (papuáska)

Proper noun

Papuan

1. A geographical grouping of languages spoken on the island of New Guinea and its neighboring islands, as opposed to Austronesian.