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PRONUNCIATION OF WEST IRIAN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WEST IRIAN

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West Irian is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WEST IRIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

West Irian

West Papua (region)

West Papua or Western New Guinea was annexed by Indonesia from the Netherlands in 1969 and is the western half of the island of New Guinea and smaller islands to its west. The region is administered as two provinces: Papua and West Papua. The eastern half of New Guinea is Papua New Guinea. The population of approximately 3.6 million comprises ethnic Papuans, Melanesians, and Austronesians. The region is predominantly dense forest where numerous traditional tribes live such as the Dani of the Baliem Valley, although the majority of the population live in or near coastal areas. The largest city in the region is Jayapura. The official and most commonly spoken language is Indonesian. Estimates of the number of tribal languages in the region range from 200 to over 700, with the most widely spoken including Dani, Yali, Ekari and Biak. The predominant religion is Christianity followed by Islam. The main industries include agriculture, fishing, oil production, and mining. Human habitation is estimated to have begun between 42,000 and 48,000 years ago. The Netherlands claimed the region and commenced missionary work in nineteenth century.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WEST IRIAN

West German
West Germanic
West Germany
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West Highland white terrier
West Indian
West Indian ebony
West Indian locust
West Indian Satinwood
West Indies
West Lothian
West Lothian question
West Midlands
West Nile fever
West Pakistan
West Point
West Pointer
West Prussia
West Riding
West Saxon

WORDS THAT END LIKE WEST IRIAN

Adrian
Algerian
Austrian
Brian
Bulgarian
equestrian
historian
humanitarian
Hungarian
Liberian
librarian
Marian
Nigerian
ovarian
pedestrian
presbyterian
Siberian
Syrian
vegetarian
Victorian

Synonyms and antonyms of West Irian in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «West Irian» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WEST IRIAN

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The translations of West Irian from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «West Irian» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

西伊里安
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

West Irian
570 millions of speakers

English

West Irian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पश्चिम Irian
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

إيريان الغربية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Западный Ириан
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Irian Ocidental
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পশ্চিম ইরিয়ান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Irian occidental
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Irian Barat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

West-Irian
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

西イリアン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

웨스트 이리 안
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Irian Barat
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

tây Irian
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெஸ்ட் இர்ரியன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेस्ट इरियन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Batı Irian
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Ovest Irian
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zachód Irian
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

західний Іріан
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

West Irian
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Δυτική Irian
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

West Irian
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

West Irian
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

West Irian
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of West Irian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WEST IRIAN»

The term «West Irian» is normally little used and occupies the 109.554 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WEST IRIAN» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WEST IRIAN»

Discover the use of West Irian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to West Irian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
West Irian and Jakarta Imperialism
De geschiedenis van Irian Jaya van 1950 tot 1979.
Kees Lagerberg, 1979
2
International Territorial Administration: How Trusteeship ...
A/5501 (1963) (hereinafter 'UN Secretary-General West Irian Report'). A UN Security Force (UNSF) was deployed alongside UNTEA, and local, Dutch, and Indonesian armed forces were placed at the disposal of UNTEA (West Irian Agreement ...
Ralph Wilde, 2010
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Violent Internal Conflicts in Asia Pacific: Histories, ...
The Dutch developed a School of Administration and allowed the establishment of political parties. From early 1 950, the Dutch focused on West Irian political development to demonstrate to the outside world that West Irian could become a  ...
Dewi Fortuna Anwar, 2005
4
The United Nations and the Indonesian Takeover of West ...
4 August 1965 Indonesia launches Operation Sadar * the first Indonesian military counter-insurgency operation in West Irian. 12 August 1965 A battalion of the Indonesian Army Parachute Commando Regiment is flown to Biak from Jakarta in ...
John Saltford, 2003
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The Politics of Indonesia-Malaysia Relations: One Kin, Two ...
West Irian Indonesia's claim to West Irian was carried over from the inconclusive terms of the 1949 Round Table Agreement, when sovereignty over the Dutch East Indies was transferred to Indonesia.53 The Agreement provided that the ...
Joseph Chinyong Liow, 2005
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The Idea of Indonesia: A History
The 'return' of West Irian In this context of energised politics, the West Irian problem inevitably assumed an ever greater importance as the major domestic and international symbol of Indonesia's reinvented national spirit. 'Compared to our ...
R. E. Elson, 2008
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Papua: Geopolitics and the Quest for Nationhood
Natsir's Cabinet (1950–1952), but it was deadlocked, thus in 1952, West Irian was officially reincorporated into the territories of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Following this, under Ali Sastroamidjojo's Cabinet in 1952, the Netherlands ...
Bilveer Singh, 2011
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Indonesian Communism Under Sukarno: Ideology and Politics, ...
As it happened, an answer to the first requirement was ready to hand, in the form of the West Irian issue, a piece of unfinished business left over from the 1949 settlement of the Dutch-Indonesian conflict. As for the second requirement, a theory ...
Rex Mortimer, 2006
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The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia
CRISIS OVER WEST IRIAN More significantly, the cabinet was confronted from the very beginning of its term of office with major political challenges arising from the issue of West Irian or West New Guinea. Earlier in 195o there had been ...
Herbert Feith, 2006
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The Sovereignty Dispute Over the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands
Indonesia took its claim to the United Nations, calling for negotiations whose agenda would include the way sovereignty over West Irian would eventually be transferred. It argued that Indonesia, of which West Irian was a part, was the self ...
Lowell S. Gustafson Assistant Professor of Political Science Villanova University, 1988

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WEST IRIAN»

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South-South relations and the unresolved question of Papua
With the support of other Asian and Africa countries, Indonesian diplomats tirelessly argued before the General Assembly (UNGA) that West Irian was part of ... «ucanews, Apr 15»
2
To respect and remember the struggle of our nation's heroes to win …
Most Jakartans will easily identify Jl. Lapangan Banteng in Central Jakarta with the Liberation of West Irian statue, a 20-meter bronze monument depicting a man ... «Jakarta Post, Aug 13»
3
Sleeping with Cannibals
... nation of Papua New Guinea in the east, and the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Irian Jaya in the west. The Korowai live in southeastern Papua. «Smithsonian, Jan 08»
4
West Papua's Cry for Freedom
The territory was renamed West Irian and then Irian Jaya. Under the 1962 New ... Like Papua New Guinea, West Papua is rich in mineral and energy resources. «Center for Research on Globalization, Apr 06»
5
Papuan anger focuses on world's richest mine
The latest recipe for rancor has been the March 10 local elections, which in effect cemented in place West Irian Jaya as a separate province and ignored the ... «Asia Times Online, Mar 06»
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Documents confirm US colluded in Indonesia's 1969 incorporation …
West Papua, or West Irian, remained under Dutch control following Indonesian independence in 1949, as part of the settlement presided over by Washington. «World Socialist Web Site, Aug 04»

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