Andamanese

noun

An·​da·​man·​ese ¦an-də-mə-¦nēz 

-¦nēs

plural Andamanese

1

or Andaman

ˈan-də-mən, 

-ˌman

usually capitalized : an indigenous inhabitant of the Andaman islands

called also Andaman Islander

2

: an agglutinative language of the Andamanese which is unconnected with any known language family

Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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Rhymes for Andamanese

• calabrese
• crazy
• daisy
• hazy
• lazy