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Baining
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English
Etymology
An exonym from a Tolai language, meaning "inland people" with an originally pejorative connotation.Fajans, Jane, They Make Themselves, page 13.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbaɪnɪŋ/
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Noun
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A member of an indigenous people of the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
Proper noun
The mountainous region of New Britain inhabited by the Baining people.
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