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Meriam

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: M IH1 R IY0 IH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The Trans-Fly Papuan language of the Meriam people; Meryam Mir.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From Mer (“Murray Island”), off the northern coast of Australia.