English Explanatory Dictionary

Baining

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of the Baining people, indigenous to the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
name
  1. The mountainous region of New Britain inhabited by the Baining people.

Pronunciation

/ˈbaɪnɪŋ/

Word forms

Baining Bainings

Etymology

An exonym from a Tolai language, meaning "inland people" with an originally pejorative connotation.

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