noun
1. a native or inhabitant of Austronesia
• Hypernyms: ↑inhabitant, ↑habitant, ↑dweller, ↑denizen, ↑indweller
• Hyponyms: ↑Nauruan, ↑Polynesian
• Member Holonyms: ↑Austronesia
2. the family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia
• Syn: ↑Austronesian language
• Hypernyms: ↑natural language, ↑tongue
• Hyponyms: ↑Malayo-Polynesian, ↑Polynesian, ↑Australian, ↑Aboriginal Australian, ↑Formosan
adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of Austronesia or its people or culture
• Pertains to noun: ↑Austronesia
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Austronesia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.