Mel|a|ne|sian

Mel|a|ne|sian
Mel|a|ne|sian «MEHL uh NEE zhuhn, -shuhn», adjective, noun.
–adj.
of Melanesia, its people, or their languages.
–n.
1. a member of any one of the dark-skinned peoples living in Melanesia, one of the three main groups of islands in the Pacific, northeast of Australia, including New Caledonia and Fiji: »

Authorities include the Melanesians…with the Negro group (Ogburn and Nimkoff).

2. any of the related languages of Melanesia, or the group that they constitute.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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