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Definition of: Papuan
(pap′y
·ən, pä′p·ən) adjective
Of or pertaining to the Island of Papua or New Guinea, or to the Papuan peoples.
—noun One of any of the dark peoples inhabiting the Melanesian Archipelago from Fiji westward to the Aru Islands, including New Guinea or Papua.
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