Papua New Guinea

English

Etymology

Malay pepuah (“frizzy”, in reference to locals' hair) + New Guinea.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpæp.uː.ə ˌnjuː ˈɡɪn.i/, /ˈpæ.pjuː.ə ˌnjuː ˈɡɪ.ni/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpæp.u.ə ˌnu ˈɡɪn.i/

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Proper noun

Papua New Guinea

2. A country in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Papua New Guinea.

Translations

country in Oceania

• Afrikaans: Papoea-Nieu-Guinee
• Albanian: Papua Guinea e Re f
• Amharic: ፓፑዋ ኒው ጊኒ (papuwa niw gini)
• Arabic: بَابْوَا غِينِيَّا اَلْجَدِيدَة‎ f (bābwā ḡiniyyā l-jadīda), بَابْوَا نْيُو غِينِيَّا‎ f (bābwā nyū ḡiniyyā)
• Armenian: Պապուա Նոր Գվինեա (Papua Nor Gvinea)
• Azerbaijani: Papua Yeni Qvineya
• Belarusian: Папуа́-Но́вая Гвіне́я f (Papuá-Nóvaja Hvinjéja), Папуа́-Но́вая Гвінэ́я f (Papuá-Nóvaja Hvinéja) (Taraškievica)
• Bengali: পাপুয়া নিউগিনি (papuya niugini)
• Breton: Papoua Ginea-Nevez
• Bulgarian: Папу́а Но́ва Гвине́я f (Papúa Nóva Gvinéja)
• Burmese: ပါပူအာနယူးဂီနီ (papuana.yu:gini)
• Catalan: Papua Nova Guinea (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴布亞新幾內亞 (zh), 巴布亚新几内亚 (zh) (Bābùyà Xīn Jǐnèiyà)

• Crimean Tatar: Papua Yañı Gvineya
• Czech: Papua-Nová Guinea (cs) f
• Danish: Papua Ny Guinea (da)
• Dutch: Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea (nl)
• Esperanto: Papuo-Nov-Gvineo (eo)
• Estonian: Paapua Uus-Guinea (et)
• Finnish: Papua-Uusi-Guinea (fi)
• French: Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée (fr) f
• Galician: Papúa Nova Guinea f
• Georgian: პაპუა-ახალი გვინეა (ṗaṗua-axali gvinea)
• German: Papua-Neuguinea (de) n
• Greek: Παπουασία-Νέα Γουινέα f (Papouasía-Néa Gouinéa)
• Hebrew: פפואה־גינאה החדשה‎ (papu'a-gine'a ha-khadasha)
• Hindi: पापुआ न्यू गिनी (hi) (pāpuā nyū ginī)
• Hiri Motu: Papua Niu Gini
• Hungarian: Pápua Új-Guinea (hu)
• Icelandic: Papúa Nýja-Gínea (is) f
• Indonesian: Papua Nugini (id)
• Interlingua: Papua Nove Guinea
• Irish: Nua-Ghuine Phapua f, Stát Neamhspleách Nua-Ghuine Phapua m
• Italian: Papua Nuova Guinea (it)
• Japanese: パプアニューギニア (Papua Nyūginia)
• Kazakh: Папуа-Жаңа Гвинея (Papwa-Jaña Gvïneya)
• Khmer: ប៉ាពួហ៊្គីណេថ្មី (paapuə giinee thməy)
• Kikuyu: Papua
• Korean: 파푸아 뉴기니 (Papua Nyugini)
• Kyrgyz: Папуа-Жаңы Гвинея (ky) (Papua-Cañı Gvineya)

• Lao: ປາປົວຊີນູແວນກີເນ (pā pūa sī nū wǣn kī nē)
• Latvian: Papua-Jaungvineja f
• Lithuanian: Papua Naujoji Gvinėja (lt) f
• Luhya: Papua
• Luo: Papua
• Macedonian: Папу́а Но́ва Гвине́ја f (Papúa Nóva Gvinéja)
• Malay: Papua New Guinea
• Maltese: il-Papwa Gwinea Ġdida f
• Maori: Papua Nūkini
• Meriam: Op Dewday
• Mongolian: Папуа-Шинэ Гвиней (Papua-Šine Gvinej)
• Navajo: Chooyééł Dineʼé Bikéyah
• Norman: Papua Nouvelle Dginnée f
• Norwegian: Papua Ny-Guinea
• Persian: پاپوآ گینهٔ نو‎ (pâpuâ gine-ye nou), پاپوا گینهٔ جدید‎ (pâpuâ gine-ye jadid)
• Polish: Papua-Nowa Gwinea (pl) f
• Portuguese: Papua-Nova Guiné (pt)
• Romanian: Papua Noua Guinee f
• Romansch: Papua-Nova Guinea f
• Russian: Папуа́-Но́вая Гвине́я f (Papuá-Nóvaja Gvinéja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Папуа Нова Гвинеја f

  Roman: Papua Nova Gvineja (sh) f

• Slovak: Papua-Nová Guinea f
• Slovene: Papuanska Nova Gvineja f
• Spanish: Papúa Nueva Guinea (es) f
• Swahili: Papua (sw), Guinea Mpya
• Swedish: Papua Nya Guinea (sv)
• Tagalog: Papua New Guinea
• Tajik: Папуа-Гвинеяи Нав (Papua-Gvineyayi Nav)
• Thai: ปาปัวนิวกินี (th) (bpaa-bpuua-niu-gì-nii)
• Tok Pisin: Papua Niugini
• Turkish: Papua Yeni Gine (tr)
• Turkmen: Papua-Täze Gwineýa
• Ukrainian: Папуа́-Нова́ Гвіне́я f (Papuá-Nová Hvinéja), Папуа́-Нова́ Ґвіне́я f (Papuá-Nová Gvinéja)
• Urdu: پاپوا نیو گنی‎ (pāpuā nyū ginī)
• Uyghur: پاپۇئا يېڭى گۋىنېيە‎ (papu'a yëngi gwinëye)
• Uzbek: Papua Yangi Gvineya (uz)
• Vietnamese: Pa-pua Niu Ghi-nê
• Yakut: Папуа Саҥа Гуинея (Papua Saŋa Guineya)
• Yiddish: פּאַפּואַ־נײַ גינע‎ (papua-nay gine)
• Yoruba: Paapu ti Giini
• Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Papua Ginea Newiye

See also

• PNG
• Port Moresby
• New Guinea
• Irian Jaya
• West Irian
• Countries of the world
• Papua New Guinea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia