irianadj.1
/ˈʌɪərɪən/ Anatomy.
Belonging to the iris of the eye.
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iridal1830
irian1842
irised1879
iridic1891
iridial1911
1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) at Iris The iris receives the irian nerves.
1857 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) 509 Irian,..belonging to the Iris.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
Irianadj.2
/ˈɪrɪən/, U.S. /ˈɪriən/ Of or pertaining to Irian Barat or West Irian, formerly Dutch New Guinea or Netherlands New Guinea, since 1963 a province of Indonesia.
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Philippine1603
Javan1613
Papuan1786
Balinese1820
Javanese1841
Sundanesian1876
Madurese1880
Filipino1900
Irian1950
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Papua and New Guinea > [adjective]
Papuan1786
Irian1950
1950 tr. Rep. Comm. New Guinea (Irian) iii. iv. 96 The Netherlands promise that it is prepared to listen to the voice of the original Irian people.
1958 Times 9 Sept. 9/3 ‘West Irian action’, meaning the ‘liberation’ of west New Guinea from the Dutch.
1969 New Yorker 31 May 44/2 Suharto..rose steadily... His outstanding military performance was as a co-ordinator of the West Irian campaign in 1961–62.
Derivatives
Iriaˈnese n. a native or inhabitant of this province; also collective.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Papua and New Guinea > [noun]
Papua1601
Papuan1791
Kiriwinian1916
Irianese1967
1967 Guardian 17 Nov. 12/7 To talk of self-determination for West Irian by 1969 is, of course, unrealistic... To most of the Irianese..considerations of this sort are academic.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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