papua new guinea

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   a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; in 1975 it became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations

   SynonymsIndependent State of Papua New Guinea

   Broadercountry

   Part ofNew GuineaBritish Commonwealth

   PartsBismarck ArchipelagoBougainvillePapuaPort Moresby

Questions about papua new guinea

What does papua new guinea mean?

papua new guinea means "a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; in 1975 it became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations".

What is another word for papua new guinea?

Close synonyms include Independent State of Papua New Guinea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is papua new guinea a common word?

papua new guinea is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.