Papua

Pap·u·a  (ppy-, päp-ä), Gulf of

A large inlet of the Coral Sea on the southeast coast of New Guinea.

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Papua [ˈpæpjʊə]

n

1. (Placename) Territory of. a former territory of Australia, consisting of SE New Guinea and adjacent islands: now part of Papua New Guinea Former name (1888-1906) British New Guinea

2. (Placename) Gulf of. an inlet of the Coral Sea in the SE coast of New Guinea

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Papua - the southeastern part of Papua New Guinea region, part - the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space" 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

Translations

Papua

n → Papua nt