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Definition of New guinea

1. Noun. A Pacific island to the north of Australia; the 2nd largest island in the world; the western part is governed by Indonesia and the eastern part is Papua New Guinea.

Definition of New guinea

1. Proper noun. A large island in the Pacific Ocean, north of Australia, whose territory is divided between Indonesia in the west and Papua New Guinea in the east. ¹

2. Proper noun. (historical) the northern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea, administered as a separate territory to Papua. ¹

3. Proper noun. (informal) the nation more properly referred to as Papua New Guinea. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of New guinea

1. Originally an island of the malay archipelago, the second largest island in the world. It divided, west new guinea becoming part of indonesia and east new guinea becoming papua new guinea. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of New Guinea

Literary usage of New guinea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1892)
"BRITISH new guinea AS A COLONY. Ox the 4th of September 1888 the Queen's standard was displayed at Port Moresby with the customary pomp and ceremonial, ..."

2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1880)
"NOTES OX new guinea AND ITS INHABITANTS. various tribes differ so much that the people of distant districts have the greatest difficulty in understanding ..."

3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1883)
"My purpose now is to give the Society some account of what I saw of new guinea. In 1875 and 1876, and again in 1877-78, as also on my return from New ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The boundary on the east, separating it from British new guinea and German New Guinea, was I'm.illy settled in 1895. Starting from the south coast, ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1879)
"Italian Explorers in new guinea. By Professor GIGLIOLI. Much scientific work in new guinea has been done by Italian explorers, while a very great deal still ..."

6. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1875)
"DISCOVERIES IN EASTERN new guinea. 235 1. Discoveries in Eastern new guinea, by Captain Moresby and the Officers of HMS Basilisk. By Captain J. MORESBY, ..."

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