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New Guinea

/n(j)uː ˈɡɪn.i/

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Australia/ˌnjuː ˈɡɪ.ni/

New Guinea proper noun: a large island in the Pacific Ocean north of Australia, in Oceania, whose territory is divided between Indonesia in the west and Papua New Guinea in the east.

Proper noun

New Guinea

  1. A large island in the Pacific Ocean north of Australia, in Oceania, whose territory is divided between Indonesia in the west and Papua New Guinea in the east.
  2. (historical) A former dependent territory of Australia, from 1914 to 1975, occupying the northern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea.
  3. (informal) Papua New Guinea: A country in Oceania.

New Guinea meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

New Guinea in Hindi

large island
न्यू गिनी nyū ginī, नया गिनी nayā ginī

New Guinea in Tamil

இது ஒரு நாடாகும்

New Guinea in Marathi

large island
न्यू गिनी nyū ginī, नवा गिनी navā ginī

New Guinea in Bengali

large island
নিউগিনি niugini
More languagesFewer languages
New Guinea in Arabic
غِينِيَّا اَلْجَدِيدَة ḡiniyyā l-jadīda
New Guinea in Indonesian
Papua, Pulau Papua, Irian, Pulau Irian
New Guinea in Thai
นิวกินี niu-gì-nii

Forms of New Guinea

alternative formNiugini
alternative formNiu Gini

Words formed from New Guinea

Questions about New Guinea

What does New Guinea mean?
New Guinea means a large island in the Pacific Ocean north of Australia, in Oceania, whose territory is divided between Indonesia in the west and Papua New Guinea in the east.
What is New Guinea in Hindi?
New Guinea in Hindi is न्यू गिनी (nyū ginī), नया गिनी (nayā ginī). See New Guinea meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is New Guinea?
New Guinea is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce New Guinea?
New Guinea is pronounced /n(j)uː ˈɡɪn.i/.

Words near New Guinea in the dictionary

  1. New Granada
  2. New Greek
  3. New Gretna
  4. new guard
  5. new guards
  6. New Guinea
  7. New Guinea flightless rail
  8. New Guinea flightless rails
  9. New Guinea Highlands
  10. New Guinea singing dog
  11. New Guinea singing dogs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: New Guinea (page history and authors); New Guinea (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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