/aw'stroh nee"zheuhn, -sheuhn/ , n.
1. Also called Malayo-Polynesian . a family of languages spoken in the Malay Peninsula, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, Madagascar, and Oceania.
adj.
2. of or pertaining to Austronesia or the Austronesian family of languages; Malayo-Polynesian.
[ 1900-05; AUSTRONESI(A) + -AN ]