Dictionary

New Guinea en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• [nu ˈɡɪn.i] (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• n(y)o͞o gĭnʹ-ē
• [njuː ˈɡɪn.i] (UK)
• /n(j)uː ˈɡɪn.i/
• /ˌnjuː ˈɡɪ.ni/ (Australia)

Meanings

1. A large island in the Pacific Ocean north of Australia, in Oceania, whose territory is divided between Indonesia in the west and Papua New Guinea in the east.
2. (historical) A former dependent territory of Australia, from 1914 to 1975, occupying the northern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea.
3. (informal) Papua New Guinea: A country in Oceania.

Forms

Deriveds

New Guinea singing dog · New Guinean · German New Guinea · Papua New Guinea · Western New Guinea · New Guinea flightless rail

Holonyms

Melanesia

Translations (66)

hu Új-Guinea (large island) · cs Nová Guinea (large island) · tpi Niugini (large island) · el Νέα Γουινέα (large island) · ar غِينِيَّا اَلْجَدِيدَة (large island) · fr Nouvelle-Guinée (large island) · rar Nūkini (large island) · bg Но́ва Гвине́я (large island) · lt Naujoji Gvinėja (large island) · bn নিউগিনি (large island) · hy Նոր Գվինեա (large island) · id Irian (large island) · pt Nova Guiné (large island) · th นิวกินี (large island) · eo Nov-Gvineo (large island) · sl Nova Gvineja (large island) · be Но́вая Гвінэ́я (large island) · ho Niu Gini (large island) · sw Guinea Mpya (large island) · pl Nowa Gwinea (large island) · la Nova Guinea (large island) · nrf Nouvelle-Dginnée (large island) · hi नया गिनी (large island) · fi Uusi-Guinea (large island) · mr न्यू गिनी (large island) · uk Нова́ Гвіне́я (large island) · et Uus-Guinea (large island) · id Pulau Nugini (large island) · ru Но́вая Гвине́я (large island) · su Papua (large island) · mk Нова Гвине́ја (large island) · nl Nieuw-Guinea (large island) · id Papua (large island) · it Nuova Guinea (large island) · ca Nova Guinea (large island) · nb Ny-Guinea (large island) · he גינאה החדשה (large island) · id Pulau Irian (large island) · sk Nová Guinea (large island) · da Ny Guinea (large island) · es Nueva Guinea (large island) · ga Nua-Guine (large island) · jam Nyuu Gini (large island) · ro Noua Guinee (large island) · mh Nukne (large island) · lv Jaungvineja (large island) · id Pulau Papua (large island) · ko 뉴기니 (large island) · sh Нова Гвинеја (large island) · is Nýja-Gínea (large island) · de Neuguinea (large island) · br Ginea Nevez (large island) · sh Nova Gvineja (large island) · cmn 新幾內亞 /新几内亚 (large island) · nn Ny-Guinea (large island) · su Irian (large island) · be Но́вая Гвіне́я (large island) · mr नवा गिनी (large island) · gl Nova Guinea (large island) · sv Nya Guinea (large island) · tr Yeni Gine (large island) · ja ニューギニア (large island) · km ហ៊្គីណេថ្មី (large island) · hi न्यू गिनी (large island) · uk Нова́ Ґвіне́я (large island) · id Nugini (large island)