Indo-Pacific
doʊ adjective
1.
of or pertaining to the areas of the Indian and Pacific oceans off the coast of SE Asia.
noun
2.
a proposed linguistic family including all the non-Austronesian languages of the Pacific.
Origin:
1875–80
1875–80
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| Indo-Pacific | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to the region of the Indian and W Pacific Oceans off the coast of SE Asia |
| —n | |
| 2. | a hypothetical family of languages relating the languages of New Guinea other than Malayo-Polynesian. Tentative affiliations with Malayo-Polynesian or Australian languages have been suggested |
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