New Ireland

proper noun

An island of the Bismarck Archipelago in New Ireland province, Papua New Guinea; a German colony from 1884 to 1921; governed by Australia from 1921 and then by Papua New Guinea from 1975 to the present day.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An island of the Bismarck Archipelago in New Ireland province, Papua New Guinea; a German colony from 1884 to 1921; governed by Australia from 1921 and then by Papua New Guinea from 1975 to the present day.
  2. A province of Papua New Guinea.
  3. historicalA Crown colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain established in what is now the state of Maine, U.S., after British forces captured the area during the American Revolutionary War and again during the War of 1812.
  4. historicalA proposed renaming of Prince Edward Island, led by then lieutenant governor Walter Patterson in 1770.
  5. historicalA short-lived territory proclaimed by the Castle Hill convict rebellion in Australia.

Translations

French Nouvelle-Irlande
  • Nouvelle-Irlandeisland
German Neumecklenburg
  • Neumecklenburgisland
Norwegian New Ireland
  • New Irelandisland
Polish Nowa Irlandia
  • Nowa Irlandiaisland
Portuguese Nova Irlanda
  • Nova Irlandaisland
Cite this entry
APA

New Ireland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Ireland

MLA

“New Ireland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Ireland. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “New Ireland,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Ireland.

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