"Biak" meaning in English

See Biak in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Biak
  1. A small island north of New Guinea. Categories (place): Islands
    Sense id: en-Biak-en-name-PCDv4Crk Disambiguation of Islands: 45 55
  2. A language spoken on this island and others near it. Categories (topical): Languages Categories (place): Islands
    Sense id: en-Biak-en-name-hMlBdv6T Disambiguation of Languages: 18 82 Disambiguation of Islands: 45 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Biak whistler

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-17 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-01 using wiktextract (0b52755 and 5cb0836). 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.

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