Jarawa

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noun

A member of an Adivasi indigenous people of the Andaman Islands.

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Meanings

Jarawa1

nounJarawa (plural Jarawas or Jarawa)

plural Jarawas

  1. A member of an Adivasi indigenous people of the Andaman Islands.
proper noun
  1. An Ongan language spoken by the Jarawa people of Andaman Islands.

Jarawa2

proper noun
  1. The most populous of the Southern Bantoid Jarawan languages of eastern Nigeria.

Origin

  1. abj“foreigner”
  2. EnglishJarawa

Borrowed from Aka-Bea [Term?] (“foreigner”).

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Cite this entry
APA

Jarawa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jarawa

MLA

“Jarawa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jarawa. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jarawa,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jarawa.

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