Papuan
(adjective) of or relating to Papua or its people or language; “Papuan native crafts”; “Papuan vowels”
Papuan, Papuan language
(noun) any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages
Papuan
(noun) a native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Pap"u*an, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to Papua.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
