Bougainvillean

plural Bougainvilleans

1. A native or inhabitant of Bougainville.

   Local officials say the arrival of the mysterious foreigners boosted Musingku’s stature, and hence his potential to take more money from Bougainvilleans.

   2004 December 14, Rory Callinan, “Jungle Fever”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2025

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   “Nobody has ever asked us what we wanted,” a resentful Bougainvillean told a visitor, alluding to the copper development as well as the colonial history.

   1971 July 25, Robert Trumbull, “Bougainvilleans Offered Shares in a Rich Mine”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2025

   The island of Bougainville had its brief moment of international notoriety more than a decade ago. No conversation with a stranger seems to go very far before that moment is recalled, however, because to many Bougainvilleans it serves to illustrate how they came to terms with the evaporation of their traditional world.

   1986 October 18, Barbara Crossette, “THE TALK OF KIETA; A 'Garden of Eden' in the South Pacific Is Resisting the Fruits of Television”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015

   Prime Minister Paias Wingti acknowledges serious lapses of discipline by the military, but says claims of human rights abuses are exaggerated by “ignorant international do-gooders.” He insists that most Bougainvilleans support the government and are being terrorized by the rebels.

   1994 July 24, Geoff Spencer, “Glint of Peace Blossoms in Tropical Bougainville”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2025

   Most remarkable of all, though, the Bougainvilleans have refined coconut oil into a fuel for the few generators and trucks that still functioned on the island during the blockade.

   1998 September 12, Dominic Rotheroe, “The Green Guerrillas”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2017

   They wore their best clothes, but the 100 Bougainvilleans who filed into Papua New Guinea’s Parliament on Jan. 23 carried only modest hopes. They had waited through 13 years and six wrecked truces for last year’s deal ending the secessionist rebellion on their island; […]

   2002 January 25, Elizabeth Feizkhah, “Bougainville Cuts The Apron Strings”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2025

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1. Of, from or relating to Bougainville.

   Slipping into a reflective mood, Mr. Kinna, 36 years old, recalled his Bougainvillean childhood.

   1986 October 18, Barbara Crossette, “THE TALK OF KIETA; A 'Garden of Eden' in the South Pacific Is Resisting the Fruits of Television”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015

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   March is also ideal for keeping tabs on the humpback whale, in many ways similar to surfers, who swim south from the Arctic and hang out in Hawaii for most of the winter to feed, frolic and fornicate. Of all mammals, they probably come closest to living out the Bougainvillean dream.

   1998 January 3, Andy Martin, “Travel '98: March Hawaii”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2022

   P.N.G.’s Minister for Inter-Government Relations, Sir Peter Barter, described the coronation as a “mockery of Bougainvillean traditions and customs.”

   2004 December 14, Rory Callinan, “Jungle Fever”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2025