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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Pap•u•a (pap′yo̅o̅ ə, pä′po̅o̅ ä′),USA pronunciation n. - Place NamesSee Papua New Guinea.
- Place Names Gulf of, an inlet of the Coral Sea on the SE coast of New Guinea.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Papua /ˈpæpjʊə/ n - Territory of Papua ⇒ 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 - the W part of the island of New Guinea: formerly under Dutch rule, becoming a province of Indonesia in 1963. Capital: Jayapura. Pop: 2 220 934 (2000). Area: 416 990 sq km (161 000 sq miles)
Former names (until 1962): Dutch New Guinea, Netherlands New Guinea
Former Indonesian names: Irian Barat (1962-1973) , Irian Jaya (1973-2001)
Former English name: West Irian (translation of Irian Barat) - Gulf of Papua ⇒ an inlet of the Coral Sea in the SE coast of New Guinea
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