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Definition of Bismarck archipelago
1. Noun. A group of islands in the southwestern Pacific to the northeast of New Guinea; part of Papua New Guinea.
Terms within: Admiralty Islands, New Britain, New Ireland
Generic synonyms: Archipelago
Definition of Bismarck archipelago
1. Proper noun. A group of islands off the coast of New Guinea. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bismarck Archipelago
Literary usage of Bismarck archipelago
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Since Sept., 1905, when the Marshall Islands were made a separate vicariate, its
territory is confined to the bismarck archipelago. ..."
2. The International Year Book edited by Frank Moore Colby (1900)
"bismarck archipelago comprises several groups of islands in the Pacific Ocean,
to the north of the eastern portion of New Guinea. ..."
3. Report of Meeting by ANZAAS, ANZAAS. (1901)
"TREPHINING IN THE bismarck archipelago. BY REV. JOHN A. CRUMP. [Abstract.]
THE operation of trephining in cases of skull-fracture by sling- stones or ..."
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