Crossword clues for papua
papua
- Large Coral Sea inlet
- Indonesian province
- --- New Guinea
- Part of the world's second-largest island
- Part of the Island of New Guinea
- New Guinea's Gulf of ___
- Large Pacific island
- Island republic ___ New Guinea
- Inlet of the Coral Sea: Gulf of ____
- Inlet of the Coral Sea
- Indonesias largest province
- Indonesia's easternmost province
- Gulf of ___ (inlet of the Coral Sea)
- Easternmost province of Indonesia
- Coral Sea inlet
- Coral Sea gulf
- "New Guinea" starter
- -- New Guinea (Pacific nation)
- ________ New Guinea
- ___ New Guinea (island nation north of Australia)
- _____ New Guinea
- Its capital is Port Moresby
- ___ New Guinea (island nation)
- Historical name for New Guinea
- A Pacific island north of Australia
- The 2nd largest island in the world
- Governed by Australia and Indonesia
- Port Moresby's site
- Another name for New Guinea
- Gulf of ___, off New Guinea
- New Guinea area
- Nonsense to have gold brought back from somewhere in Indonesia
- __ New Guinea
- -- New Guinea
- World's second largest island
- New Guinea's Gulf of ____
- New Guinea part
- New Guinea neighbor
- New Guinea
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Papua \Papua\ prop. n. A Pacific island north of Australia; governed by Australia and Indonesia.
Syn: New Guinea.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
race that inhabits New Guinea, 1610s, from Malay papuah "frizzled." Related: Papuan.
Wikipedia
Papua Province is the largest and easternmost province of Indonesia. It lies in West Papua region, which comprises the Indonesian western half of the island of New Guinea and nearby islands. Papua is bordered by the nation of Papua New Guinea to the east, and by West Papua province to the west. Its capital is Jayapura. It was formerly called Irian Jaya (before that West Irian or Irian Barat) and comprised all of Indonesian New Guinea. In 2002 the current name was adopted and in 2003 West Papua province was created within West Papua region from western parts of Papua province.
Papua, Irian Jaya or Papuan may refer to:
Relating to the island of New Guinea:
- New Guinea, a large island in the southwest Pacific Ocean
- Papuan people, who are indigenous to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
- Papuan languages, spoken by Papuan peoples
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Papua New Guinea, an independent country comprising the eastern half of the island of New Guinea
- Territory of Papua and New Guinea (1949–1975), an Australian-administered predecessor of Papua New Guinea
- Territory of Papua (1884–1949), a British/Australian-administered territory in southeastern New Guinea, united in 1949 with Territory of New Guinea to the north
- Territory of New Guinea (1919–1975), an Australian administered territory
- Papua Region, one of the four current regions of Papua New Guinea, roughly coterminous with the former Territory of Papua
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West Papua (region), the Indonesian western half of the island of New Guinea
- Papua conflict, a separatist conflict in the region of West Papua
- Papua (province), the larger, eastern province within the region of West Papua
- West Papua (province), the smaller, western province within the region of West Papua
- Gulf of Papua, a region on the south shore of New Guinea
Other places:
- Papua Beach, Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia
- Papua Island, off the north coast of Joinville Island, Antarctica
Other uses:
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, a British frigate in service in the Royal Navy from 1944 to 1945
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.