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Papuan

Păp'ū-an, n.

noun

(păp'ō-an), n. (Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Papua or New Guinea, and some of the neighboring islands, having a brownish black color and frizzled hair. Pritchard.

Päp'ū-an, a.

adjective

(päp'ōo-an), a. (Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Papua or the Papuans.