- Papuan
- Pap•u•an[[t]ˈpæp yu ən[/t]] adj.1) peo of or pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea, or the inhabitants of either2) peo of or pertaining to the island of New Guinea or its indigenous inhabitants3) peo of, pertaining to, or denoting the group of more than 700 languages, belonging to an as yet undetermined number of language families, spoken on New Guinea, several islands of E Indonesia, and parts of the Bismarck Archipelago, Bougainville, and the W Solomon Islands4) peo a native or inhabitant of Papua or Papua New Guinea5) peoa) a member of any of the indigenous peoples of New Guineab) a speaker of a Papuan language6) peo the Papuan languages collectively•Etymology: 1805–15
From formal English to slang. 2014.