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Answer for the clue "The 2nd largest island in the world ", 5 letters:
papua

Alternative clues for the word papua

Coral Sea gulf
New Guinea
Coral Sea inlet
--- New Guinea
Port Moresby's site
Its capital is Port Moresby
Gulf of ___, off New Guinea
________ New Guinea

Word definitions for papua in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
race that inhabits New Guinea, 1610s, from Malay papuah "frizzled." Related: Papuan .

Usage examples of papua.

These very same words have been applied to the Ostyaks, the Samoyedes, the Eskimos, the Dayaks, the Aleoutes, the Papuas, and so on, by the highest authorities.