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Niugini

Niugini is the alternative spelling of New Guinea.

Meaning of New Guinea

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.

Origin of Niugini

Borrowed from Tok Pisin Niugini.

Questions about Niugini

What is Niugini the alternative spelling of?
Niugini is the alternative spelling of New Guinea.

Words near Niugini in the dictionary

  1. Niuans
  2. Niue
  3. Niuean
  4. Niueans
  5. Niugan
  6. Niugini
  7. Niuland
  8. nius
  9. NIV
  10. Nivaclé
  11. nival

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Niugini (page history and authors); New Guinea (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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