MELANESIAN


Meaning of MELANESIAN in English

n. & adj.

n. 1 a member of the dominant Negroid people of Melanesia, an island group in the W. Pacific. 2 the language of this people.

adj. of or relating to this people or their language.

[ Melanesia f. Gk melas black + nesos island ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.