Meriam

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noun

A member of an Aboriginal people who live on Mer (Murray Island), in the eastern group of Torres Strait Islands off the northern tip of Australia.

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Meanings

nounMeriam (plural Meriams or Meriam)

plural Meriams

  1. A member of an Aboriginal people who live on Mer (Murray Island), in the eastern group of Torres Strait Islands off the northern tip of Australia.

    The Meriams believed in "Bomai", a shape-shifting sea spirit, who had come to them as an octopus and united the eight island tribes under his watchful eyes.

    2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 99
proper noun
  1. The Trans-Fly Papuan language of the Meriam people; Meryam Mir.

Origin

From Mer (“Murray Island”), off the northern coast of Australia.

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APA

Meriam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Meriam

MLA

“Meriam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Meriam. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Meriam,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Meriam.

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