Meanings
adjectivePapuan (comparative more Papuan, superlative most Papuan)
comparative more Papuan · superlative most Papuan
- From, or pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
- Pertaining to the Papuan group of languages.
proper noun
- A geographical grouping of languages spoken on the island of New Guinea and its neighboring islands, as opposed to Austronesian.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages
Similar
Papuan language
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Czech papuánský, Papuánec
- papuánskýpertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
- PapuánecSomeone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
- PapuánkaSomeone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
Esperanto papuo, papuino
- papuoSomeone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
- papuinoSomeone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
Finnish papualainen, papuauusiguinealainen
- papualainenpertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
- papuauusiguinealainenpertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
- papualainenSomeone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
- papuauusiguinealainenSomeone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
French papou, papoue
- papoupertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
- papouepertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
- PapouSomeone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
- PapoueSomeone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
German Papua
- PapuaSomeone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
Hungarian pápua, pápua
- pápuapertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
- pápuaSomeone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
Irish Papuach, Papuach
- Papuachpertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
- PapuachSomeone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
Norwegian Bokmål papuansk, papuaner
- papuanskpertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
- papuanerSomeone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
Polish papuaski, papuański
- papuaskipertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
- papuańskipertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
Portuguese papua, papua
- papuapertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
- papuaSomeone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
Romanian papuaș, papua-neoguineean
- papuașpertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
- papua-neoguineeanpertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
- papuașSomeone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
- papuașăSomeone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
Russian папуа́сский, папуа́с
- папуа́сский (papuásskij)pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
- папуа́с (papuás)Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
- папуа́ска (papuáska)Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
Swedish papuansk, papuan
- papuanskpertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
- papuanSomeone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
Cite this entry
APA
Papuan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Papuan
MLA
“Papuan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Papuan. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Papuan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Papuan.
Source: Papuan on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.