"Pijin" meaning in English

See Pijin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈpɪd͡ʒ(ɪ)n/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -ɪd͡ʒɪn Etymology: Borrowed from Pijin Pijin, from English pidgin, from a Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of business. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|pis|Pijin}} Pijin Pijin, {{der|en|en|pidgin}} English pidgin, {{der|en|cpi|-}} Chinese Pidgin English, {{m|en|business}} business Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Pijin
  1. In full Solomon Islands Pijin, Solomon Pijin, or Solomons Pijin: a language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin. Categories (topical): Languages Categories (place): Solomon Islands Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Pijin terms Translations (language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin): 皮京語 (Chinese Mandarin), 皮京语 (Píjīngyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), pijin (Finnish), Pijin (French), Pijin [neuter] (German), lingua pijin [feminine] (Italian), ピジン語 (Pijingo) (alt: ピジンご) (Japanese), 피진어 (pijineo) (Korean), соломо́нски пи́џин (solomónski pídžin) [masculine] (Macedonian), Pijin (Pijin), neosalomoński [masculine] (Polish), pijin (Portuguese), língua pijin [feminine] (Portuguese), пиджин Соломоновых островов (pidžin Solomonovyx ostrovov) (Russian), нео-соломоник (neo-solomonik) [masculine] (Russian), соломонский пиджин (solomonskij pidžin) (Russian), pidgin salomonense [masculine] (Spanish), neosalomonense (Spanish), pijin (Swedish), pisin (Tok Pisin), Solomon Ailans Pijin (Tok Pisin), Tok Pisin bilong Solomon (Tok Pisin)

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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
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      "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
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      "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
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