"Meriam" meaning in All languages combined

See Meriam on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: From Mer (“Murray Island”), off the northern coast of Australia. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Mer||Murray Island}} Mer (“Murray Island”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Meriam
  1. The Trans-Fly Papuan language of the Meriam people; Meryam Mir. Categories (topical): Languages
    Sense id: en-Meriam-en-name-hJdfSRxF Disambiguation of Languages: 73 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 71 29

Noun [English]

Forms: Meriams [plural], Meriam [plural]
Etymology: From Mer (“Murray Island”), off the northern coast of Australia. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Mer||Murray Island}} Mer (“Murray Island”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Meriam}} Meriam (plural Meriams or Meriam)
  1. A member of an Aboriginal people who live on Mer (Murray Island), in the eastern group of Torres Strait Islands off the northern tip of Australia.
    Sense id: en-Meriam-en-noun-ahUMc5SM

Proper name [Malay]

Etymology: From Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam). Doublet of Maryam, Mariam, and Maria. Etymology templates: {{bor|ms|ar|مَرْيَم}} Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam), {{doublet|ms|Maryam|Mariam|Maria}} Doublet of Maryam, Mariam, and Maria Head templates: {{head|ms|proper noun}} Meriam
  1. a female given name from Arabic: Mary, Miriam Categories (topical): Malay female given names, Malay given names Synonyms: Maryam, Mariam, Maria
    Sense id: en-Meriam-ms-name-zvX9QUqE Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for Meriam meaning in All languages combined (3.8kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Mer",
        "3": "",
        "4": "Murray Island"
      },
      "expansion": "Mer (“Murray Island”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Mer (“Murray Island”), off the northern coast of Australia.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Meriams",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Meriam",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "Meriam"
      },
      "expansion": "Meriam (plural Meriams or Meriam)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 99",
          "text": "The Meriams believed in \"Bomai\", a shape-shifting sea spirit, who had come to them as an octopus and united the eight island tribes under his watchful eyes.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A member of an Aboriginal people who live on Mer (Murray Island), in the eastern group of Torres Strait Islands off the northern tip of Australia."
      ],
      "id": "en-Meriam-en-noun-ahUMc5SM",
      "links": [
        [
          "Aboriginal",
          "Aboriginal"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "Torres Strait",
          "Torres Strait"
        ],
        [
          "Australia",
          "Australia"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Meriam people"
  ],
  "word": "Meriam"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Mer",
        "3": "",
        "4": "Murray Island"
      },
      "expansion": "Mer (“Murray Island”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Mer (“Murray Island”), off the northern coast of Australia.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Meriam",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Languages",
          "orig": "en:Languages",
          "parents": [
            "Language",
            "Names",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The Trans-Fly Papuan language of the Meriam people; Meryam Mir."
      ],
      "id": "en-Meriam-en-name-hJdfSRxF",
      "links": [
        [
          "Meryam Mir",
          "Meryam Mir"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Meriam people"
  ],
  "word": "Meriam"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "مَرْيَم"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "Maryam",
        "3": "Mariam",
        "4": "Maria"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Maryam, Mariam, and Maria",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam). Doublet of Maryam, Mariam, and Maria.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "Meriam",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Malay female given names",
          "parents": [
            "Female given names",
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Malay given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name from Arabic: Mary, Miriam"
      ],
      "id": "en-Meriam-ms-name-zvX9QUqE",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Mary",
          "Mary"
        ],
        [
          "Miriam",
          "Miriam"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Maryam"
        },
        {
          "word": "Mariam"
        },
        {
          "word": "Maria"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Meriam"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English indeclinable nouns",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "en:Languages"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Mer",
        "3": "",
        "4": "Murray Island"
      },
      "expansion": "Mer (“Murray Island”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Mer (“Murray Island”), off the northern coast of Australia.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Meriams",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Meriam",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "Meriam"
      },
      "expansion": "Meriam (plural Meriams or Meriam)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 99",
          "text": "The Meriams believed in \"Bomai\", a shape-shifting sea spirit, who had come to them as an octopus and united the eight island tribes under his watchful eyes.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A member of an Aboriginal people who live on Mer (Murray Island), in the eastern group of Torres Strait Islands off the northern tip of Australia."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Aboriginal",
          "Aboriginal"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "Torres Strait",
          "Torres Strait"
        ],
        [
          "Australia",
          "Australia"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Meriam people"
  ],
  "word": "Meriam"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English indeclinable nouns",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "en:Languages"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Mer",
        "3": "",
        "4": "Murray Island"
      },
      "expansion": "Mer (“Murray Island”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Mer (“Murray Island”), off the northern coast of Australia.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Meriam",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The Trans-Fly Papuan language of the Meriam people; Meryam Mir."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Meryam Mir",
          "Meryam Mir"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Meriam people"
  ],
  "word": "Meriam"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "مَرْيَم"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "Maryam",
        "3": "Mariam",
        "4": "Maria"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Maryam, Mariam, and Maria",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam). Doublet of Maryam, Mariam, and Maria.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "Meriam",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Malay doublets",
        "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
        "Malay female given names",
        "Malay female given names from Arabic",
        "Malay given names",
        "Malay lemmas",
        "Malay proper nouns",
        "Malay terms borrowed from Arabic",
        "Malay terms derived from Arabic"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name from Arabic: Mary, Miriam"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Mary",
          "Mary"
        ],
        [
          "Miriam",
          "Miriam"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Maryam"
        },
        {
          "word": "Mariam"
        },
        {
          "word": "Maria"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Meriam"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.