New Guinea

New Guinea

An island in the southwest Pacific Ocean north of Australia. The western half is part of Indonesia, and the eastern half forms the major portion of Papua New Guinea. Inhabited by Papuan, Negrito, and Melanesian peoples, it was named by 16th century explorers for the Guinea coast of western Africa.

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New Guinean adj. & n.

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New Guinea, Trust Territory of

A former trust territory of Australia consisting of northeast New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and Bougainville in the Solomon Islands. Placed under Australian jurisdiction after World War II, it was gradually broken up between 1963 and 1973.

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Noun

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New Guinea - a Pacific island to the north of Australia; the 2nd largest island in the world; the western part is governed by Indonesia and the eastern part is Papua New Guinea Independent State of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea - a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; in 1975 it became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations Pacific, Pacific Ocean - the largest ocean in the world Papuan - a native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea

Translations

New Guinea n → Nueva Guinea

New Guinea n → Nouvelle-Guinée f

New Guinea new n → Neuguinea nt

New Guinea n → Nuova Guinea