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Meriam
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meriam
English
+ people
Etymology
From en Mer Murray Island, off the northern coast of Australia.
Noun
s *
A member of an Aboriginal people who live on Mer (Murray Island), in the eastern group of Torres Strait Islands off the northern tip of Australia.
en 2021 Fake History Otto English 99 The Meriams believed in "Bomai", a shape-shifting sea spirit, who had come to them as an octopus and united the eight island tribes under his watchful eyes.
Proper noun
The Trans-Fly languages Trans-Fly Papuan languages Papuan language of the Meriam people; Meryam Mir.
Further reading
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Anagrams
en aeimmr maimer
en Languages
Malay
Etymology
From ms ar مَرْيَم. ms Maryam Mariam Maria.
Proper noun
ms proper noun
ms female Arabic Mary Miriam
ms Maryam Mariam Maria
References
https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-60272783/view?partId=nla.obj-436227004#page/n140/mode/1up/search/mgriam Mĕriam A Malay-English dictionary (romanised) Wilkinson Richard James Salavopoulos & Kinderlis Mytilene, Greece 1932 II 135