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Papuasia

Papuasia proper noun: melanesia: New Guinea and neighboring islands to the west and east.

Proper noun

Papuasia

  1. Melanesia: New Guinea and neighboring islands to the west and east
  2. An area centered on New Guinea, bound by the Lydekker Line on the west (thus including the Aru Islands) and extending through the Solomon Islands archipelago in the east.

Words formed from Papuasia

Questions about Papuasia

What does Papuasia mean?
Papuasia means melanesia: New Guinea and neighboring islands to the west and east.
What part of speech is Papuasia?
Papuasia is a proper noun.

Words near Papuasia in the dictionary

  1. Papuan monitor
  2. Papuan monitors
  3. Papuanness
  4. Papuans
  5. Papuas
  6. Papuasia
  7. Papuasian
  8. papula
  9. papulacandin
  10. papulacandins
  11. papulae

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