Mel|a|ne|sian «MEHL uh NEE zhuhn, -shuhn», adjective, noun.
–adj.
of Melanesia, its people, or their languages.
–n.
1. a member of any one of the dark-skinned peoples living in Melanesia, one of the three main groups of islands in the Pacific, northeast of Australia, including New Caledonia and Fiji: »
Authorities include the Melanesians…with the Negro group (Ogburn and Nimkoff).
2. any of the related languages of Melanesia, or the group that they constitute.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.