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Lavongai en · PROPN

Meanings

1. Synonym of New Hanover
   • In the late 19th and early 20th century, a few anthropologists visited Lavongai but left only very little documentation. 2024, Mark Collins, ‘Seducing the fish?’ Marine interspecies relations on Lavongai Island (Papua New Guinea), page 7:
   • The Rev. Bernard F. Jakuco, M.S.C., a missionary priest from Lansford, has recently been transferred to the north coast of Lavongai (formerly New Hanover) in the Territory of New Guinea. 1966 August 21, “Lansford Priest to Serve New Guinea Parish, Schools”, in Reading Eagle, page 33:
2. Synonym of Tungag
3. A village in New Hanover, Bismarck Archipelago

Synonyms

New Hanover · Tungag