Papua

[pap-yoo-uh, pah-poo-ah]

noun

1. Papua New Guinea.

2. Gulf of, an inlet of the Coral Sea on the SE coast of New Guinea.

Papua

/ ˈpæpjʊə /

noun

1. Former name: British New Guinea. a former territory of Australia, consisting of SE New Guinea and adjacent islands: now part of Papua New Guinea

2. Former names (until 1962): Dutch New Guinea.  Netherlands New Guinea. Former Indonesian names: Irian Barat.  Irian Jaya. Former English name: West Irian. 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)

3. an inlet of the Coral Sea in the SE coast of New Guinea

Example Sentences

The Raja Ampat archipelago - a group of small islands in Indonesia's Southwest Papua Province - has been dubbed the "Amazon of the Seas".

From BBC

In April, at least one Indonesian soldier was killed after being ambushed by rebels while searching for the kidnapped New Zealander in the Papua region.

From BBC

Mr Conning was killed when rebels rounded up those on board the helicopter, including four passengers, after they landed in an isolated area in the Central Papua province, police said in a statement.

From BBC

At 4,000 feet or more above sea level, where some 40 percent of the Papua New Guinean population lives, temperatures have historically been too cold for Anopheles mosquitoes to thrive year-round.

From Salon

Expansion of industrial plantations occurred in several locations adjacent to existing palm oil tree and pulp and paper plantations on the tropical islands of Kalimantan and West Papua, according to the analysis.

From Seattle Times