Beach-la-mar
Neo-Melanesian.
a pidgin language based on English and spoken in Melanesia, New Guinea, and NE Australia.
noun
an English-based creole language spoken in Vanuatu and Fiji, and formerly much more widespread Also called Biche-la-mar
noun
an English-based creole language widely spoken in the SW Pacific, with borrowings from other languages, esp Motu Also called Beach-la-Mar
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a steep slope or miniature cliff, formed by wave action, fronting the berm on a beach.