Austronesian

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• Austronesian — adj. 1. of or pertaining to Austronesia. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Austronesian — [ôs΄trō nē′zhən] n. 1. a family of languages spoken over a large area extending from Hawaii south to New Zealand and west to Madagascar 2. a member of any of the peoples speaking these languages adj. designating or of these languages, the peoples …   English World dictionary

• Austronesian — [ˌɒstrə(ʊ) ni:zɪən, ʒ(ə)n, ˌɔ: ] adjective relating to or denoting a family of languages spoken in an area extending from Madagascar in the west to the Pacific islands in the east. noun the Austronesian family of languages. Origin from Ger.… …   English new terms dictionary

• Austronesian — Aus•tro•ne•sian [[t]ˌɔ stroʊˈni ʒən, ʃən[/t]] n. 1) peo a language family that includes all the non Papuan, non Australian languages of peoples indigenous to Oceania, the Indonesian archipelago, Taiwan, and the Philippines, as well as Malay and… …   From formal English to slang

• Austronesian — I noun 1. a native or inhabitant of Austronesia • Hypernyms: ↑inhabitant, ↑habitant, ↑dweller, ↑denizen, ↑indweller • Hyponyms: ↑Nauruan, ↑Pol …   Useful english dictionary

• Austronesian — adjective Etymology: Austronesia, islands of the southern Pacific Date: 1925 of, relating to, or constituting a family of languages spoken in the area extending from Madagascar eastward through the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago to Hawaii and… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Austronesian — 1. adjective Of or pertaining to, Austronesia. 2. noun Any of a family of languages from Austronesia, including Formosan, Indonesian, Malay, Melanesian, Micronesian, and …   Wiktionary

• Austronesian — adj. of Austronesia or its languages (islands in the central and South Pacific Ocean) …   English contemporary dictionary

• austronesian — aus·tro·ne·sian …   English syllables

• Austronesian — /ɒstrəˈniʒən/ (say ostruh neezhuhn) adjective 1. of or relating to Austronesia. –noun 2. a large family of languages spoken in Madagascar, Malaysia and insular South East Asia (including some indigenous languages of Taiwan), Papua New Guinea, and …   Australian English dictionary