Baining

The mountainous region of New Britain inhabited by the Baining people.

Proper noun

  1. The mountainous region of New Britain inhabited by the Baining people.

Origin

An exonym from a Tolai language, meaning "inland people" with an originally pejorative connotation.

Noun

  1. A member of the Baining people, indigenous to the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Forms

Baining Bainings