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Part of the world's second-largest island
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papua
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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 .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Papua \Papua\ prop. n. A Pacific island north of Australia; governed by Australia and Indonesia. Syn: New Guinea.
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.