papua Definition

the southeastern portion of the island of New Guinea that was formerly a territory and is now part of Papua 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)

the northeastern portion of the island of New Guinea which was formerly a territory and is now part of Papua New Guinea

arm of the Coral Sea in southeastern 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 178,260 square miles (461,693 square kilometers), population 7,275,000

the western half of New Guinea and the adjacent islands off the northern and northwestern coasts that belong to Indonesia