Papua New Guinea

English

Etymology

Malay pepuah (“frizzy”, in reference to locals' hair) + New Guinea.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpæp.uː.ə ˌnjuː ˈɡɪn.i/, /ˈpæ.pjuː.ə ˌnjuː ˈɡɪ.ni/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpæp.u.ə ˌnu ˈɡɪn.i/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈpaːpwə ˌnjuː ˈɡɪ.ni/
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Proper noun

Papua New Guinea

A country in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Papua New Guinea.

Translations

country in Oceania

Afrikaans: Papoea-Nieu-Guinee
Albanian: Papua Guinea e Re f
Amharic: ፓፑዋ ኒው ጊኒ (papuwa niw gini)
Arabic: بَابْوَا غِينِيَّا الْجَدِيدَة‎ f (bābwā ḡiniyyā l-jadīda), بَابْوَا نْيُو غِينِيَّا‎ f (bābwā nyū ḡiniyyā)
Armenian: Պապուա Նոր Գվինեա (Papua Nor Gvinea)
Azerbaijani: Papua Yeni Qvineya
Belarusian: Па́пуа-Но́вая Гвіне́я f (Pápua-Nóvaja Hvinjéja), Па́пуа-Но́вая Гвінэ́я f (Pápua-Nóvaja Hvinéja) (Taraškievica)
Bengali: পাপুয়া নিউগিনি (bn) (papuya niugini)
Breton: Papoua Ginea-Nevez
Bulgarian: Папу́а Но́ва Гвине́я f (Papúa Nóva Gvinéja)
Burmese: ပါပူအာနယူးဂီနီ (papuana.yu:gini)
Catalan: Papua Nova Guinea (ca) f
Cherokee: ᏆᏇᎢᏤᎩᎢᏂ (quaqueitsegiini)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巴布亞新幾內亞／巴布亚新几内亚 (zh) (Bābùyà Xīn Jǐnèiyà), 巴布亞紐幾內亞／巴布亚纽几内亚 (zh) (Bābùyà Niǔ Jīnèiyà) (Taiwan)
Cornish: Papwa Gyni Nowydh
Crimean Tatar: Papua Yañı Gvineya
Czech: Papua-Nová Guinea (cs) f
Danish: Papua Ny Guinea (da) n
Dhivehi: ޕަޕުއާ ނިއު ގިނީ‎ (papuā niu ginī)
Dutch: Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea (nl) n
Esperanto: Papuo-Nov-Gvineo (eo)
Estonian: Paapua Uus-Guinea (et)
Finnish: Papua-Uusi-Guinea (fi)
French: Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée (fr) f
Galician: Papúa Nova Guinea (gl) f
Georgian: პაპუა-ახალი გვინეა (ṗaṗua-axali gvinea)
German: Papua-Neuguinea (de) n
Greek: Παπουασία-Νέα Γουινέα f (Papouasía-Néa Gouinéa)
Hebrew: פָּפּוּאָה־גִּינֶאָה הַחֲדָשָׁה‎ f (papu'a-gine'a ha-khadasha)
Hindi: पापुआ न्यू गिनी (hi) m (pāpuā nyū ginī)
Hiri Motu: Papua Niu Gini
Hungarian: Pápua Új-Guinea (hu)
Icelandic: Papúa Nýja-Gínea (is) f
Indonesian: Papua Nugini (id)
Interlingua: Papua Nove Guinea
Irish: Nua-Ghuine Phapua f, Stát Neamhspleách Nua-Ghuine Phapua m
Italian: Papua Nuova Guinea (it) f
Jamaican Creole: Papua Nyuu Gini
Japanese: パプアニューギニア (ja) (Papua Nyūginia)
Kazakh: Папуа-Жаңа Гвинея (Papua-Jaña Gvineä)
Khmer: ប៉ាពួហ៊្គីណេថ្មី (paapuə hkiinee thməy)
Kikuyu: Papua
Korean: 파푸아 뉴기니 (Papua Nyugini)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Papua Gîneya Nû (ku)
Kyrgyz: Папуа-Жаңы Гвинея (ky) (Papua-Jaŋı Gvineya)
Lao: ປາປົວຊີນູແວນກີເນ (pā pūa sī nū wǣn kī nē)
Latvian: Papua-Jaungvineja f
Lithuanian: Papua Naujoji Gvinėja (lt) f
Luhya: Papua
Luo: Papua
Macedonian: Папу́а Но́ва Гвине́ја f (Papúa Nóva Gvinéja)
Malay: Papua New Guinea
Maltese: il-Papwa Gwinea Ġdida f
Maori: Papua Nūkini
Meriam: Op Deudai
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Папуа-Шинэ Гвиней (Papua-Šine Gvinej)
Navajo: Chooyééł Dineʼé Bikéyah
Norman: Papua Nouvelle Dginnée f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Papua Ny-Guinea n
Pashto: پاپوا نوۍ ګيني‎ f (pāpwā nawəy gīnī)
Persian: پاپوآ گینهٔ نو‎ (pâpuâ gine-ye now), پاپوا گینهٔ جدید‎ (pâpuâ gine-ye jadid)
Polish: Papua-Nowa Gwinea (pl) f
Portuguese: Papua-Nova Guiné (pt)
Rarotongan: Pāpua Nūkini
Romanian: Papua Noua Guinee f
Romansch: Papua-Nova Guinea f
Russian: Па́пуа-Но́вая Гвине́я f (Pápua-Nóvaja Gvinéja)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Па̏пуа Но̏ва̄ Гвине́ја f
Roman: Pȁpua Nȍvā Gvinéja (sh) f
Sinhalese: පපුවා නවගිනිය (papuwā nawaginiya)
Slovak: Papua-Nová Guinea f
Slovene: Papuanska Nova Gvineja f
Spanish: Papúa Nueva Guinea (es) f
Swahili: Papua (sw), Guinea Mpya
Swedish: Papua Nya Guinea (sv) n
Tagalog: Papua New Guinea
Tajik: Папуа-Гвинеяи Нав (Papua-Gvineyayi Nav)
Tamil: பப்புவா நியூ கினி (pappuvā niyū kiṉi)
Tatar: Папуа-Яңа Гвинея (Papua-Yaña Gwineya)
Thai: ปาปัวนิวกินี (th) (bpaa-bpuua-niu-gì-nii)
Tibetan: པ་པུ་འ་ནིའུ་གི་ནེ (pa pu 'a ni'u gi ne)
Tok Pisin: Papua Niugini
Torres Strait Creole: Daudai Niugini
Turkish: Papua Yeni Gine (tr)
Turkmen: Papua-Täze Gwineýa
Ukrainian: Па́пуа-Нова́ Гвіне́я f (Pápua-Nová Hvinéja), Па́пуа-Нова́ Ґвіне́я f (Pápua-Nová Gvinéja)
Urdu: پاپوا نیو گنی‎ m (pāpuā nyū ginī)
Uyghur: پاپۇئا يېڭى گۋىنېيە‎ (papu'a yë'ngi gwinëye)
Uzbek: Papua Yangi Gvineya (uz)
Vietnamese: Pa-pua Niu Ghi-nê
Yakut: Папуа Саҥа Гуинея (Papua Saŋa Guineya)
Yiddish: פּאַפּואַ־נײַ גינע‎ (papua-nay gine)
Yoruba: Paapu ti Giini
Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Papua Ginea Newiye

Papua New Guinea

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