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When they were in Papua New Guinea, God just totally grabbed a hold of Will's heart and totally changed him. And within three months he was saved and he's never looked back since.
Michael Scott

Meaning of "Papua" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PAPUA

Papua  [ˈpæpjʊə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PAPUA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Papua is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PAPUA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Papua

Papua or Papuan may refer to: Relating to the island of New Guinea: ▪ New Guinea, a large island in the southwest Pacific Ocean ▪ Papuan people, who are indigenous to New Guinea and all the Solomon Islands ▪ Papuan languages, spoken by Papuan peoples ▪ Papua New Guinea, an independent country comprising the eastern half of the island of New Guinea ▪ Territory of Papua and New Guinea, an Australian-administered predecessor of Papua New Guinea ▪ Territory of Papua, a British/Australian-administered territory in southeastern New Guinea, united in 1949 with Territory of New Guinea to the north ▪ Papua Region, one of the four current regions of Papua New Guinea, roughly coterminous with the former Territory of Papua ▪ West Papua, the Indonesian western half of the island of New Guinea ▪ Papua conflict, a separatist conflict in the region of West Papua ▪ Papua, the larger, eastern province within the region of West Papua ▪ West Papua, the...

Definition of Papua in the English dictionary

The definition of Papua in the dictionary is the W part of the island of New Guinea: formerly under Dutch rule, becoming a province of Indonesia in 1963. Capital: Jayapura. Pop: 2 220 934. Area: 416 990 sq km Former names : Dutch New Guinea, Netherlands New Guinea Former Indonesian names: Irian Barat, Irian Jaya Former English name: West Irian.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PAPUA


allure
əˈljʊə
brochure
ˈbrəʊʃjʊə
Capua
ˈkæpjʊə
continua
kənˈtɪnjʊə
coupure
kuːˈpjʊə
cure
kjʊə
dure
djʊə
guipure
ɡɪˈpjʊə
hyperpure
ˌhaɪpəˈpjʊə
impure
ɪmˈpjʊə
jaguar
ˈdʒæɡjʊə
mature
məˈtjʊə
Nicaragua
ˌnɪkəˈræɡjʊə
puer
pjʊə
pure
pjʊə
purpure
ˈpɜːpjʊə
repure
riːˈpjʊə
secure
sɪˈkjʊə
ultrapure
ˌʌltrəˈpjʊə
you´re
jʊə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PAPUA

Pappus of Alexandria
pappy
paprika
Papua New Guinea
Papua-New-Guinean
Papuan

WORDS THAT END LIKE PAPUA

Aconcagua
Antigua
aqua
atua
aua
chautauqua
Chihuahua
Gulf of Papua
interlingua
Joshua
lingua
Managua
mantua
Padua
qua
Quechua
Rancagua
Rotorua
Territory of Papua
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Synonyms and antonyms of Papua in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Papua» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PAPUA

Find out the translation of Papua to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Papua from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Papua» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

巴布亚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Papúa
570 millions of speakers

English

Papua
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पापुआ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بابوا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Папуа-
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Papua
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাপুয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Papouasie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Papua
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Papua
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パプア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

파푸아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Papua
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Papua
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பப்புவா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पापुआ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Papua
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Papua
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Papua-
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Папуа
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Papua
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Παπούα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Papoea-
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Papua
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Papua
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Papua

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PAPUA»

The term «Papua» is very widely used and occupies the 5.328 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PAPUA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Papua» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Papua» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Papua

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2 QUOTES WITH «PAPUA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Papua.
1
Rhianna Pratchett
I think the Dutch certainly get British comedy. And let's face it; a lot of it is pretty low-hanging fruit for the whole world now. There are probably tribes in the heart of the Papua New Guinean rainforest that know all the words to the Dead Parrot sketch.
2
Michael Scott
When they were in Papua New Guinea, God just totally grabbed a hold of Will's heart and totally changed him. And within three months he was saved and he's never looked back since.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PAPUA»

Discover the use of Papua in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Papua and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
One Thousand One Papua New Guinean Nights: Tales form 1972-1985
A two-volume collection of folktales that were published in Papua New Guinea's Wantok newspaper. The two-volume collection presents the complete set of 1047 folktales that were originally published from 1972 through 1997 in Tok Pisin.
Thomas H. Slone, 2001
2
West Papua & Indonesia Since Suharto: Independence, Autonomy ...
This book reviews the long guerilla struggle of the 'Organisasi Papua Merdeka' (OPM) for a Free Papua, and traces the rise of a non-violent independence movement alongside it, the Papua Council, following the fall from power of ...
Peter King, 2004
3
Papua: Geopolitics and the Quest for Nationhood
When this did not happen, the conflict intensified. In this pivotal work, Bilveer Singh examines the history of the Papuan struggle, and approaches to conflict resolution through the framework of its geopolitical implications.
Bilveer Singh, 2011
4
Ecology of Indonesian Papua Part One
A definitive guide to the ecology and natural history of Papua, the western half of the island of New Guinea
Andrew J. Marshall, Bruce M. Beehler, 2007
5
Papua New Guinea's Last Place: Experiences of Constraint in ...
Prison Studies is a growing field of interest for social scientists. As one of the first ethnographic studies of a prison outside western societies and Japan, this book contributes to a reinterpretation of the field's scope and assumptions.
Adam Reed, 2004
6
Rituals of Manhood: Male Initiation in Papua New Guinea
Rituals of Manhood provides some of the most dramatic and richly textured accounts of ritual passages known to anthropologists of the late twentieth century.
Gilbert H. Herdt, 1997
7
Gender Analysis in Papua New Guinea
In October 1996, The East Asia and Pacific Region developed a Regional Gender Action Plan that stressed the importance of country-specific strategies regarding gender issues.
Elizabeth C. Brouwer, Bruce M. Harris, Sonomi Tanaka, 1998
8
The United Nations and the Indonesian takeover of West ...
This title examines the role of the international community in the handover of the Dutch colony of West Papua/Irian Jaya to Indonesia in the 1960s and questions whether the West Papuan people ever genuinely exercised self-determination ...
John Saltford, 2003
9
Peace in Papua: Widening a Window of Opportunity
Following up on the Councils 2003 Indonesia Commission report, Peace in Papua surveys the issues and recounts the current state of play.
Blair A. King, 2006
10
From Modern Production to Imagined Primitive: The Social ...
West looks at the process from which coffee is grown, gathered, sorted, shipped, and served from the highlands of Papua New Guinea to coffee shops in far away places.
Paige West, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PAPUA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Papua is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Papua New Guinea Anthropologist Killed in NY Crash
In this undated photo provided by Jean Sullivan, shows Nancy Sullivan, second from left, a well-known anthropologist and activist in Papua ... «Valley News, Jul 15»
2
Papua Police Charge Two for Inciting Tolikara Riot
Papua Police have charged two people for allegedly inciting a riot in Tolikara district, which saw a small mosque burn to the ground last week ... «Jakarta Globe, Jul 15»
3
Papua New Guinea classroom named for fallen WWII Seabee
Carruthers recently had a classroom building at a community school in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, close to where he was killed, named ... «The Daily Progress, Jul 15»
4
Moves to ease tension after mosque attack in Papua
The Indonesian president and the country's security leaders have moved to calm tension in the aftermath of the burning of a mosque in Papua ... «Radio New Zealand, Jul 15»
5
Deborah Stokes, Australia's high commissioner to Papua New …
Australia's high commissioner to Papua New Guinea, Deborah Stokes, has unexpectedly departed the senior diplomatic post. In a statement, a ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
6
Food delivered to another hail struck area of Papua
Reports from Indonesia's Papua province say thousands of people in Lanny Jaya have received food supplies to help them survive a recent ... «Radio New Zealand, Jul 15»
7
West Papua lida i kros long East Timor presiden bifo
Wanpela West Papua lida i tok President bifo blong East Timor, Jose Ramos Horta, ino ken toktok nating long fait blong indipendans blong ... «Radio Australia, Jul 15»
8
Thousands Get Free Adventist Healthcare in Papua New Guinea
Thousands of people received free medical services in Papua New Guinea during a two-week effort by the local Seventh-day Adventist Church ... «Adventist Review, Jul 15»
9
Papua New Guinea Vs Afghanistan Live Score (T20)
Papua New Guinea started off in the worst way possible. At one point they were 55-5 but they pulled things back well and gave themselves a ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
10
East Timor's former president Jose Ramos Horta says West Papua
"Solutions for the betterment of the people of West Papua, ending any human rights abuses, economic, social exclusion of West Papuans have ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Papua [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/papua>. Apr 2024 ».
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