meriam
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of meriam
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.
“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.”
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noun
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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.
“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.”
name
- The Trans-Fly Papuan language of the Meriam people; Meryam Mir.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Mer (“Murray Island”), off the northern coast of Australia.
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