单词 | new guinea |
释义 | New Guinea in British Englishnoun 1. an island in the W Pacific, north of Australia: divided politically into Papua (formerly 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 310sq miles) 2. Trust Territory of New Guinea New Guinea in American English1. large island in the East Indies, north of Australia: divided between West Irian (in Indonesia) and Papua New Guinea:c. 330,000 sq mi (854,697 sq km) Indonesian name Irian2. Trust Territory offormer Australian trust territory including NE New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, Bougainville, & smaller adjacent islands of the Solomons see also Papua New Guinea |
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