Carpentarian

noun

Car·​pen·​tar·​i·​an

¦kärpən¦terēən

plural -s

: a member of an ethnic group native to north and central Australia compare murrayian

Word History

Etymology

Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia + English -an

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