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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New Guinea

n

1. (Placename) an island in the W Pacific, north of Australia: divided politically into Irian Jaya (a province of Indonesia) in the west and Papua New Guinea in the east. There is a central chain of mountains and a lowland area of swamps in the south and along the Sepik River in the north. Area: 775 213 sq. km (299 310 sq. miles)

2. (Placename) Trust Territory of. (until 1975) an administrative division of the former Territory of Papua and New Guinea, consisting of the NE part of the island of New Guinea together with the Bismarck Archipelago; now part of Papua New Guinea

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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 → Nouvelle-Guinée f
New Labour n (British) → New Labour m
new-laid egg n → œuf m du jour
new-look [ˈnjuːlʊk] adj → new-look inv
new look n → nouveau look m

New Guinea

n → Neuguinea nt

New Guinea n → la Nuova Guinea

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New Guinea n → la Nuova Guinea