Papua New Guinea

English

Etymology

Possibly from Malay pepuah (“frizzy”, in reference to locals' hair) + New Guinea.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpæp.uː.ə ˌnjuː ˈɡɪn.i/, /ˈpæ.pjuː.ə ˌnjuː ˈɡɪ.ni/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpæp.u.ə ˌnu ˈɡɪn.i/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈpaːpwə ˌnjuː ˈɡɪ.ni/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Audio (Papua New Guinea):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪni

Proper noun

Papua New Guinea

2. A country in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Papua New Guinea. Capital and largest city: Port Moresby.

Translations

country in Oceania

• Afrikaans: Papoea-Nieu-Guinee
• Albanian: Papua Guinea e Re f
• Amharic: ፓፑዋ ኒው ጊኒ (papuwa niw gini)
• Arabic: بَابْوَا غِينِيَّا الْجَدِيدَة f (bābwā ḡiniyyā l-jadīda), بَابْوَا نْيُو غِينِيَّا f (bābwā nyū ḡiniyyā)
• Armenian: Պապուա Նոր Գվինեա (Papua Nor Gvinea)
• Azerbaijani: Papua Yeni Qvineya
• Belarusian: Па́пуа-Но́вая Гвіне́я f (Pápua-Nóvaja Hvinjéja), Па́пуа-Но́вая Гвінэ́я f (Pápua-Nóvaja Hvinéja) (Taraškievica)
• Bengali: পাপুয়া নিউগিনি (bn) (papuẏa niugini)
• Breton: Papoua Ginea-Nevez
• Bulgarian: Папу́а Но́ва Гвине́я f (Papúa Nóva Gvinéja)
• Burmese: ပါပူအာနယူးဂီနီ (papuana.yu:gini)
• Catalan: Papua Nova Guinea (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᏆᏇᎢᏤᎩᎢᏂ (quaqueitsegiini)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴布亞新幾內亞／巴布亚新几内亚 (zh) (Bābùyà Xīn Jǐnèiyà), 巴布亞紐幾內亞／巴布亚纽几内亚 (zh) (Bābùyà Niǔ Jīnèiyà) (Taiwan)

• Cornish: Papwa Gyni Nowydh
• Crimean Tatar: Papua Yañı Gvineya
• Czech: Papua-Nová Guinea (cs) f
• Danish: Papua Ny Guinea (da) n
• Dhivehi: ޕަޕުއާ ނިއު ގިނީ (papuā niu ginī)
• Dutch: Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea (nl) n
• Esperanto: Papuo-Nov-Gvineo (eo)
• Estonian: Paapua Uus-Guinea (et)
• Finnish: Papua-Uusi-Guinea (fi)
• French: Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée (fr) f
• Galician: Papúa Nova Guinea (gl) f
• Georgian: პაპუა-ახალი გვინეა (ṗaṗua-axali gvinea)
• German: Papua-Neuguinea (de) n
• Greek: Παπουασία-Νέα Γουινέα f (Papouasía-Néa Gouinéa)
• Hebrew: פָּפּוּאָה־גִּינֶאָה הַחֲדָשָׁה f (papu'a-gine'a ha-khadasha)
• Hindi: पापुआ न्यू गिनी (hi) m (pāpuā nyū ginī)
• Hiri Motu: Papua Niu Gini
• Hungarian: Pápua Új-Guinea (hu)
• Icelandic: Papúa Nýja-Gínea (is) f
• Indonesian: Papua Nugini (id)
• Interlingua: Papua Nove Guinea
• Irish: Nua-Ghuine Phapua f, Stát Neamhspleách Nua-Ghuine Phapua m
• Italian: Papua Nuova Guinea (it) f
• Jamaican Creole: Papua Nyuu Gini
• Japanese: パプアニューギニア (ja) (Papua Nyūginia)
• Kazakh: Папуа-Жаңа Гвинея (Papua-Jaña Gvineä)
• Khmer: ប៉ាពួហ៊្គីណេថ្មី (paapuə hkiinee thməy)
• Kikuyu: Papua
• Korean: 파푸아뉴기니 (ko) (Papuanyugini), 파푸아뉴기니아 (ko) (Papuanyuginia) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Papua Gîneya Nû (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Папуа-Жаңы Гвинея (ky) (Papua-Jaŋı Gvineya)
• Lao: ປາປົວຊີນູແວນກີເນ (pā pūa sī nū wǣn kī nē)
• Latvian: Papua-Jaungvineja (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Papua Naujoji Gvinėja (lt) f
• Luhya: Papua
• Luo: Papua
• Macedonian: Папу́а Но́ва Гвине́ја f (Papúa Nóva Gvinéja)
• Malay: Papua New Guinea
• Maltese: il-Papwa Gwinea Ġdida f
• Maori: Papua Nūkini
• Meriam: Op Deudai
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Папуа-Шинэ Гвиней (Papua-Šine Gvinej)

• Navajo: Chooyééł Dineʼé Bikéyah
• Norman: Papua Nouvelle Dginnée f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Papua Ny-Guinea n

• Pashto: پاپوا نوۍ ګيني f (pāpwā nawəy gīnī)
• Persian: پاپوآ گینهٔ نو (pâpu-â gine-ye now), پاپوا گینهٔ جدید (pâpuâ gine-ye jadid)
• Polish: Papua-Nowa Gwinea (pl) f
• Portuguese: Papua-Nova Guiné (pt)
• Rarotongan: Pāpua Nūkini
• Romanian: Papua Noua Guinee f
• Romansch: Papua-Nova Guinea f
• Russian: Па́пуа-Но́вая Гвине́я f (Pápua-Nóvaja Gvinéja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Па̏пуа Но̏ва̄ Гвине́ја f

  Roman: Pȁpua Nȍvā Gvinéja (sh) f

• Sinhalese: පපුවා නවගිනිය (papuwā nawaginiya)
• Slovak: Papua-Nová Guinea f
• Slovene: Papuanska Nova Gvineja f
• Spanish: Papúa Nueva Guinea (es) f
• Swahili: Papua (sw), Guinea Mpya
• Swedish: Papua Nya Guinea (sv) n
• Tagalog: Papua New Guinea
• Tajik: Папуа-Гвинеяи Нав (Papua-Gvineyayi Nav)
• Tamil: பப்புவா நியூ கினி (pappuvā niyū kiṉi)
• Tatar: Папуа-Яңа Гвинея (Papuwa-Yaña Gwineya)
• Thai: ปาปัวนิวกินี (th) (bpaa-bpuua-niu-gì-nii)
• Tibetan: པ་པུ་འ་ནིའུ་གི་ནེ (pa pu 'a ni'u gi ne)
• Tok Pisin: Papua Niugini
• Torres Strait Creole: Daudai Niugini
• Turkish: Papua Yeni Gine (tr)
• Turkmen: Papua-Täze Gwineýa
• Ukrainian: Па́пуа-Нова́ Гвіне́я f (Pápua-Nová Hvinéja), Па́пуа-Нова́ Ґвіне́я f (Pápua-Nová Gvinéja)
• Urdu: پاپوا نیو گنی m (pāpuā nyū ginī)
• Uyghur: پاپۇئا يېڭى گۋىنېيە (papu'a yë'ngi gwinëye)
• Uzbek: Papua Yangi Gvineya (uz)
• Vietnamese: Pa-pua Niu Ghi-nê
• Yakut: Папуа Саҥа Гуинея (Papua Saña Guineya)
• Yiddish: פּאַפּואַ־נײַ גינע (papua-nay gine)
• Yoruba: Paapu ti Giini
• Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Papua Ginea Newiye

See also

• PNG
• Port Moresby
• New Guinea
• Irian Jaya
• West Irian
• Countries of the world
• Papua New Guinea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia