Rabaul

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tolai baul (mangrove)[1] or Rabaul (Rabaul)[2]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Rabaul

  1. A town and former provincial capital in northern New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

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References

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  1. ^ Schultz-Naumann, Joachim. Unter Kaisers Flagge. Deutschlands Schutzgebiete im Pazifik und in China einst und heute [Under the Kaiser’s Flag. Germany’s Protectorates in the Pacific and China, then and today]. Munich: Universitas Verlag. 1985, p. 96. →ISBN
  2. ^ Mosel, Ulrike (1984) Tolai syntax and its historical development, Canberra: Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, page 19

German

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Proper noun

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Rabaul n (proper noun, genitive Rabauls or (optionally with an article) Rabaul)

  1. Rabaul (a town in Papua New Guinea)

Declension

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Portuguese

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Proper noun

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Rabaul f

  1. Rabaul (a town in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea)

Tok Pisin

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Proper noun

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Rabaul

  1. Rabaul (a town in Papua New Guinea)