New Guinea

• Niugini
• Niu Gini

• enPR: n(y)o͞o gĭnʹ-ē, IPA^(key): /n(j)uː ˈɡɪn.i/
  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌnjuː ˈɡɪ.ni/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [njuː ˈɡɪn.i]

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  • (US) IPA^(key): [nu ˈɡɪn.i]

New Guinea

2. 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.
4. (historical) A former dependent territory of Australia, from 1914 to 1975, occupying the northern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea.
5. (informal) Papua New Guinea: A country in Oceania.

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