Papuan is an adjective referring to:
* anything related to
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...
, a large island north of Australia
* anything related to one or another of the countries or territories on this island that are specifically known as
''Papua''
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Papuan languages
The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian and non- Australian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands, by around 4 million people. It is a strictly geogr ...
, a geographic group comprising a large number of the languages of New Guinea
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Papuans
The indigenous peoples of West Papua in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, commonly called Papuans, are Melanesians. There is genetic evidence for two major historical lineages in New Guinea and neighboring islands: a first wave from the Malay Arch ...
, the indigenous peoples of New Guinea
See also
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Papua (disambiguation) Papua most commonly refers to:
* New Guinea, the world's second-largest island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean
* Western New Guinea, the western half of the island of New Guinea, which is administered by Indonesia.
** Papua (province), an Indones ...
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