English Explanatory Dictionary

Meriam

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of an Aboriginal people who live on Mer (Murray Island), in the eastern group of Torres Strait Islands off the northern tip of Australia.
name
  1. The Trans-Fly Papuan language of the Meriam people; Meryam Mir.

Word forms

Meriam Meriams

Etymology

From Mer (“Murray Island”), off the northern coast of Australia.

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