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Papua   /pˈæpjuə/   Listen
Papua

noun
1.
The southeastern part of Papua New Guinea.



Related searches:
Papua New Guinea
Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Papuan
capital of Papua New Guinea


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"Papua" Quotes from Famous Books



... Atoll Panama Papua New Guinea Paracel Islands Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Islands ...
— The 1995 CIA World Factbook • United States Central Intelligence Agency
... island remained a land of dread and mystery, guarded by the jagged reefs of its eastern shores, and the shallow mud flats, stretching far to sea-ward beyond the mouths of the great rivers of its southern coast. So inaccessible was Papua that even the excellent harbor of Port Moresby, the site: of the present capital, was not discovered until 1873. One has but to stifle for a while in the heavy air that flows lifeless and fetid over the lowlands as if from a steaming furnace, ...
— Popular Science Monthly Volume 86
... still had the north-western end of Papua or New Guinea between them and Banda, from which they were distant at ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume X • Robert Kerr


Words linked to "Papua" :   capital of Papua New Guinea, part, region, Papuan, Papua New Guinea


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