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Beach-la-Mar

  [beech-luh-mahr]
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–noun
Neo-Melanesian.
Origin:
alter. of bêche-de-mer a well-known trade item in the region where this type of pidgin is spoken
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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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Beach-la-Mar   (bēch'lə-mär')   
n.  See Bislama.
Bis·la·ma   (bĭs-lä'mə)   
n.  A lingua franca based on Malay and English, spoken in the southwest Pacific, especially in the Papua New Guinea area. Also called Beach-la-Mar, Bêche-de-Mer.

[Pidgin or native variant of Bêche-de-Mer.]
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