Andamanadj.n.
A. adj.
Of or belonging to the Andaman Islands, or pertaining to their inhabitants or language, esp. in Andaman islander.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > India > parts of India
Mogul1617
Hindustan1655
Malabaric1680
Malabarian1709
Mogulish1719
Bengalian1769
Punjabi1794
Bengalic1801
Oriya1801
Telugu1816
Karnata1820
Punjab1833
Kanarese1838
Mysorean1851
Marwari1855
Bengali1858
Andaman1860
Lushai1862
Manipuri1868
Jaipur1889
Malabarese1922
Madrasi1924
Mewari1925
Maharashtrian1954
Bangla1971
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [adjective] > Indian islands
Maldivian1841
Nicobarian1846
Andaman1860
Nicobarese1875
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Asian trees or shrubs > [adjective]
shikimi1727
kiri1822
Andaman1955
neram1965
paulownia1973
1860 M. Reid Odd People 412 We trace in the Andaman islander the true physiognomy of a negro.
a1873 J. S. Mill Three Ess. Relig. (1874) 193 It is to suppose that God could not, in the first instance, create anything better than a Bosjeman or an Andaman islander.
1952 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 71 17/1 An analysis of the non-totemic Andaman Islanders.
1955 Nomencl. Comm. Timbers (B.S.I.) 66 Pterocarpus dalbergioides, Andaman padauk; Andaman redwood (U.S.A.).
B. n.
The language of the Andaman people.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Pacific > [noun] > Andaman
Andaman1848
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > Indian islands
Maldivan1625
Maldivian1779
Nicobarian1791
Andaman1848
Andamanese1862
Nicobarese1870
1848 J. Crawfurd in Jrnl. Indian Archipelago 2 206 On comparing the native portion of the language of Wageou with that of the Sámang, and the words of the Andaman, no resemblance can be found between them.
1936 J. R. Kantor Objective Psychol. Gram. xv. 208 An animate and inanimate division is also found in Andaman, the language of the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
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