1. melanesian - Noun
2. melanesian - Adjective
Of or pertaining to Melanesia.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAspects of Fijian culture are similar to the Melanesian culture of the western Pacific but have a stronger connection to the older Polynesian cultures. Source: Internet
Austronesian peoples added to the native Melanesian population around 2000 BCE. citation Melanesian features are strongest in the islands of Kei and Aru and amongst the interior people of Seram and Buru islands. Source: Internet
In return for Vanuatu's lifting of the biscuit ban on 25 October, the Fijian government announced on 7 December that it was lifting its kava ban for the sake of freer trade among the members of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). Source: Internet
Ethnically Melanesian, most Papuans are Christians who have few cultural links to Muslim-majority Indonesia. Source: Internet
Goodall, George (Editor)(1943) Philips' International Atlas London, George Philip and Son map 'East Indies' pp.91-92 Before colonization by western Europeans in the 1500s, Sumba was inhabited by Melanesian and Austronesian people. Source: Internet
Essentially combining a typically Melanesian grammar with a mostly English vocabulary, Bislama is the only language that can be understood and spoken by the majority of Vanuatu's population as a second language. Source: Internet