Papua New Guinea

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Etymology

Malay pepuah (“frizzy”) in reference to locals' hair + new + Guinea (due to the similar complexion of Africans to Papuans)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpæ.puː.ə ˌnjuː ˈɡɪ.ni/, /ˈpæ.pjuː.ə ˌnjuː ˈɡɪ.ni/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpæ.pu.ə ˌnu ˈɡɪ.ni/

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Proper noun

Papua New Guinea

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

Translations

country in Oceania

• Arabic: بابوا غينيا الجديدة f (baabwa ghiniiya al-jadiida), بابوا نيو غينيا f (baabwa nyuu ghiniiya)
• Armenian: Պապուա Նոր Գվինեա (Papua Nor Gvinea)
• Azeri: Papua Yeni Qvineya
• Belarusian: Папуа-Новая Гвінея f (Papuá-Nóvaja Hvinéja)
• Bengali: পাপুয়া নিউগিনি
• Breton: Papoua Ginea-Nevez
• Bulgarian: Папуа Нова Гвинея f (Papúa Nóva Gvinéja)
• Catalan: Papua Nova Guinea (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴布亞新幾內亞 (zh), 巴布亚新几内亚 (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
• Finnish: Papua-Uusi-Guinea (fi)
• French: Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée (fr) f
• Galician: Papúa Nova Guinea f
• Georgian: პაპუა-ახალი გვინეა (papua-axali gvinea)
• German: Papua-Neuguinea (de) n
• Greek: Παπουασία-Νέα Γουινέα f (Papouasía-Néa Gouinéa), Παπούα-Νέα Γουινέα f (Papoúa-Néa Gouinéa)
• Hebrew: פפואה־גינאה החדשה (Papu'a-Gine'a ha-Khadasha)
• Hindi: पापुआ न्यू गिनी (hi) (pāpu'ā n'yū ginī)
• Hungarian: Pápua Új-Guinea (hu)
• 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)
• Jèrriais: Papua Nouvelle Dginnée f
• Kazakh: Папуа-Ниугини (Papwa-Nïwgïnï)

• Kikuyu: Papua
• Korean: 파푸아 뉴기니 (Papua Nyu Gini)
• Luhya: Papua
• Luo: Papua
• Macedonian: Папуа Нова Гвинеја f (Papúa Nóva Gvinéja)
• Maltese: il-Papwa Gwinea Ġdida
• Meriam: Op Dewday
• Navajo: Páápowa Bigíní Ániidí
• Norwegian: Papua Ny-Guinea
• Persian: پاپوآ گینه نو
• Polish: Papua-Nowa Gwinea (pl)
• Portuguese: Papua-Nova Guiné (pt)
• Romanian: Papua-Noua Guinee f
• Romansch: Papua-Nova Guinea f
• Russian: Папуа-Новая Гвинея f (Papuá-Nóvaja Gvinéja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Папуа Нова Гвинеја f

  Roman: Papua Nova Gvineja f

• Slovene: Pápua Nôva Gvinêja f
• Spanish: Papúa Nueva Guinea (es) f
• Swahili: Papua (sw)
• Swedish: Papua Nya Guinea (sv)
• Thai: ปาปัวนิวกินี (th) (bpaa-bpua-niw-gì-nee)
• Tok Pisin: Papua Niugini
• Turkish: Papua Yeni Gine (tr)
• Ukrainian: Папуа-Нова Гвінея f (Papuá-Nová Hvinéja)
• Urdu: پاپوا نیو گنی
• Uyghur: پاپۇئا يېڭى گۋىنېيە (papu'a yëngi gwinëye)
• Uzbek: Papua Yangi Gvineya
• Vietnamese: Papua New Guinea
• Yakut: Папуа Саҥа Гуинея (Papua Saŋa Guineya)
• 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