New Guinea

noun

1. a large island N of Australia, politically divided into the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya (West Irian) and the independent country of Papua New Guinea. About 316,000 sq. mi. (818,000 sq. km).

New Guinea

noun

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 (299 310 sq miles)
2. Trust Territory of New Guinea
   (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

New Guinea

1. Island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean , north of Australia . The western half of the island is administered by Indonesia .

Notes

New Guinea is the world's second-largest island, after Greenland .

It was named for its resemblance to the Guinea coast of western Africa .

Other Words From

• New Guinean adjective noun

Example Sentences

She probably saw more carnage on the runway than Dad did in New Guinea and the Philippines.

From The Daily Beast

Only the way his eyes light up when talking about New Guinea convinces you that he really has an Indiana Jones side to him.

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What drove him was his lifelong love of bird watching, which began at age seven, and took him to New Guinea.

From The Daily Beast

He hung rare masks from Papua New Guinea above embroidered Peruvian pillows, and somehow the combination made sense.

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Bailey brought his camera on his travels to Africa, Australia, India, and Papua New Guinea.

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The natives of Papua (New Guinea) are in a very low state of civilization.

From Project Gutenberg

New Guinea is near Australia and closely resembles it in striking physical peculiarities.

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Passing over to New Guinea, we find a remarkable saga concerning the moon.

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I now considered myself nearly on a meridian with the east part of New Guinea.

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There are some of them down New Guinea way that eat the late-lamented himself, just by way of a last tidy up.

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