Papua New Guinea
UK/ˈpæp.uː.ə ˌnjuː ˈɡɪn.i//ˈpæp.u.ə ˌnu ˈɡɪn.i/
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Papua New Guinea proper noun: a country in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Papua New Guinea. Capital and largest city: Port Moresby.
Proper noun
Papua New Guinea
- A country in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Papua New Guinea. Capital and largest city: Port Moresby.
- The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea has declared a nine-month state of emergency in the country’s rugged Southern Highlands province in response to several days of riots.2018 June 18, Joshua Berlinger, “Papua New Guinea declares 9-month state of emergency due to riots”, in CNN
Papua New Guinea meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
Papua New Guinea in Hindi
- country in Oceania
- पापुआ न्यू गिनी pāpuā nyū ginī
Papua New Guinea in Tamil
- country in Oceania
- பப்புவா நியூ கினி pappuvā niyū kiṉi
Papua New Guinea in Urdu
- country in Oceania
- پاپُوا نْیُو گِنی pāpuā nyū ginī
Papua New Guinea in Bengali
- country in Oceania
- পাপুয়া নিউগিনি papuẏa niugini
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- Papua New Guinea in Kannada
- ಪಾಪುವ ನ್ಯೂ ಗಿನಿ
- Papua New Guinea in Sinhala
- පපුවා නවගිනිය papuwā nawaginiya
- Papua New Guinea in Pashto
- پاپوا نوۍ ګيني pāpwā nawəy gīnī
- Papua New Guinea in Tagalog
- Papua New Guinea
- Papua New Guinea in Arabic
- بَابْوَا غِينِيَّا الْجَدِيدَة bābwā ḡiniyyā l-jadīda, بَابْوَا نْيُو غِينِيَّا bābwā nyū ḡiniyyā
- Papua New Guinea in Malay
- Papua New Guinea
- Papua New Guinea in Indonesian
- Papua Nugini
- Papua New Guinea in Thai
- ปาปัวนิวกินี bpaa-bpuua-niu-gì-nii
- Papua New Guinea in Vietnamese
- Pa-pua Niu Ghi-nê
- Papua New Guinea in Myanmar
- ပါပူအာနယူးဂီနီ papuana.yu:gini
- Dhivehi
- ޕަޕުއާ ނިއު ގިނީ papuā niu ginī
Origin of Papua New Guinea
From a combination of Papua (of uncertain etymology; see the term for more) and New Guinea, formerly referring to separately-administered dependent territories of Australia.
Words that rhyme with Papua New Guinea
Questions about Papua New Guinea
- What does Papua New Guinea mean?
- Papua New Guinea means a country in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Papua New Guinea. Capital and largest city: Port Moresby.
- What is Papua New Guinea in Hindi?
- Papua New Guinea in Hindi is पापुआ न्यू गिनी (pāpuā nyū ginī). See Papua New Guinea meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea is pronounced /ˈpæp.uː.ə ˌnjuː ˈɡɪn.i/ (UK).
Words near Papua New Guinea in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Papua New Guinea (page history and authors); Papua New Guinea (Kannada 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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