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Austronesian

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌɒstrəʊˈniːʒən/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ô′strō nē′zhən, -shən)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Aus•tro•ne•sian  (ô′strō nē′zhən, -shən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Language VarietiesAlso called Malayo-Polynesian. a family of languages spoken in the Malay Peninsula, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, Madagascar, and Oceania.

adj. 
  1. Language Varietiesof or pertaining to Austronesia or the Austronesian family of languages;
    Malayo-Polynesian.
  • Austronesi(a) + -an 1900–05

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Austronesian /ˌɒstrəʊˈniːʒən; -ʃən/ adj
  1. of or relating to Austronesia, its peoples, or their languages
 n
  1. another name for Malayo-Polynesian
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