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BORNEAN

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Overview

BORNEAN (noun)
  The noun BORNEAN has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of Borneoplay

  Familiarity information: BORNEAN used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


BORNEAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Borneo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Bornean" is a kind of...):

Malaysian (a native or inhabitant of Malaysia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Bornean"):

Bruneian (a native or inhabitant of Brunei)

Holonyms ("Bornean" is a member of...):

Borneo; Kalimantan (3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to the north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago)


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