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Kiwai

noun
Ki·​wai | \kēˈwäē\
plural Kiwai or Kiwais

Definition of Kiwai 

1a : a Papuan people inhabiting islands at the mouth of the Fly River, Territory of Papua

b : a member of such people

2 : the language of the Kiwai people

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