| Noun | 1. | Austronesian - a native or inhabitant of AustronesiaAustronesia - islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia) Nauruan - a native or inhabitant of Nauru | |
| 2. | Austronesian - the family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesianatural language, tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language Malayo-Polynesian - the branch of the Austronesian languages spoken from Madagascar to the central Pacific Formosan - the Austronesian languages spoken on Formosa | |
| Adj. | 1. | Austronesian - of or relating to or characteristic of Austronesia or its people or culture | |