Neo-Melanesian

[nee-oh-mel-uh-nee-zhuhn, -shuhn]

Ne·o-Mel·a·ne·sian

[nee-oh-mel-uh-nee-zhuhn, -shuhn]
noun
a pidgin language based on English and spoken in Melanesia, New Guinea, and NE Australia.
Also called Beach-la-mar, bêche-de-mer.


Origin:
1960–65
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Neo-melanesian has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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Neo-Melanesian
 
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Also called: Beach-la-Mar an English-based creole language widely spoken in the SW Pacific, with borrowings from other languages, esp Motu

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