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n. - Any of the indigenous languages spoken in a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages adj. - Of or relating to a Pacific island north of Aust

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  • Papuan native crafts
  • Papuan features, frizzly hair, and brown complexions.
  • Southeastern Papuan rain forests - Encyclopedia of Earth
  • I had a dream last night, something to do with the Papuan.
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