new guinea
geographical name(New Guinea)
island of the Malay Archipelago in the western Pacific north of eastern Australia; divided between Indonesia on the west and Papua New Guinea on the east area over 305,000 square miles (789,950 square kilometers)
new guinea
geographical name(New Guinea)
the northeastern portion of the island of New Guinea which was formerly a territory and is now part of Papua New Guinea
new guinea
geographical name(New Guinea)
former name of the western half of New Guinea when it was under Dutch control
new guinea
geographical name(New Guinea)
historic name of the northeastern part of mainland Papua New Guinea
new guinea
geographical name(New Guinea)
country comprising the eastern part of the island of New Guinea, Bougainville Island, and the Bismarck Archipelago; before 1975 a U.N. trust territory administered by Australia; capital Port Moresby area 178,704 square miles (462,840 square kilometers), population 7,027,000