| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Austronesian |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Aus·tro·ne·sian |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ô str -n  zh n, -shn |
| ADJECTIVE: | Of or relating to Austronesia or its peoples, languages, or cultures. | | NOUN: | A family of languages that includes the Formosan, Indonesian, Malay, Melanesian, Micronesian, and Polynesian subfamilies.
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