
New Guinea
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noun
(1) A Pacific island north of Australia; the 2nd largest island in the world; governed by Australia and Indonesia
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Proper noun
New Guinea
- A large island in the Pacific Ocean, north of Australia, whose territory is divided between Indonesia in the west and Papua New Guinea in the east.
- (Formerly) the northern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea, administered as a separate territory to Papua.