English Explanatory Dictionary

Bajau

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An island in Indonesia (part of the Riau Islands) with the coordinate location 3°7'31.84"N, 106°18'38.30"E.
  2. The indigenous people native to Bajau island (part of modern-day Indonesia), these ethnic group nowadays predominantly inhabit the Bajau island and its adjacent regions in Indonesia and also expanded to the southern Philippines.
name
  1. The native language spoken by the Bajau people (the indigenous of Bajau island in Indonesia).

Word forms

Bajau Bajaus Badjao Bajao

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Indonesian Bajau bajau.

Synonyms

sea gypsy

Related words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Indonesian Bajau terms Wiktionary’s coverage of West Coast Bajau terms
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