Papua New Guinea

UK/ˈpæp.uː.ə ˌnjuː ˈɡɪn.i/UK/ˈpæ.pjuː.ə ˌnjuː ˈɡɪ.ni/US/ˈpæp.u.ə ˌnu ˈɡɪn.i/Australia/ˈpaːpwə ˌnjuː ˈɡɪ.ni/

proper noun

A country in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Papua New Guinea. Capital and largest city: Port Moresby.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A country in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Papua New Guinea. Capital and largest city: Port Moresby.

    The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea has declared a nine-month state of emergency in the country’s rugged Southern Highlands province in response to several days of riots.

    2018 June 18, Joshua Berlinger, “Papua New Guinea declares 9-month state of emergency due to riots”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2022

Origin

From a combination of Papua (of uncertain etymology; see the term for more) and New Guinea, formerly referring to separately-administered dependent territories of Australia.

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Translations

Afrikaans Papoea-Nieu-Guinee
  • Papoea-Nieu-Guineecountry in Oceania
Arabic بَابْوَا غِينِيَّا الْجَدِيدَة, بَابْوَا نْيُو غِينِيَّا
  • بَابْوَا غِينِيَّا الْجَدِيدَة (bābwā ḡiniyyā l-jadīda)country in Oceania
  • بَابْوَا نْيُو غِينِيَّا (bābwā nyū ḡiniyyā)country in Oceania
Bengali পাপুয়া নিউগিনি
  • পাপুয়া নিউগিনি (papuẏa niugini)country in Oceania
Bulgarian Папу́а Но́ва Гвине́я
  • Папу́а Но́ва Гвине́я (Papúa Nóva Gvinéja)country in Oceania
Catalan Papua Nova Guinea
  • Papua Nova Guineacountry in Oceania
Chinese Mandarin 巴布亞新幾內亞 /巴布亚新几内亚, 巴布亞紐幾內亞 /巴布亚纽几内亚
  • 巴布亞新幾內亞 /巴布亚新几内亚 (Bābùyà Xīn Jǐnèiyà)country in Oceania
  • 巴布亞紐幾內亞 /巴布亚纽几内亚 (Bābùyà Niǔ Jīnèiyà)country in Oceania
Czech Papua-Nová Guinea
  • Papua-Nová Guineacountry in Oceania
Danish Papua Ny Guinea
  • Papua Ny Guineacountry in Oceania
Dutch Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea
  • Papoea-Nieuw-Guineacountry in Oceania
Esperanto Papuo-Nov-Gvineo
  • Papuo-Nov-Gvineocountry in Oceania
Estonian Paapua Uus-Guinea
  • Paapua Uus-Guineacountry in Oceania
Finnish Papua-Uusi-Guinea
  • Papua-Uusi-Guineacountry in Oceania
French Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée
  • Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinéecountry in Oceania
German Papua-Neuguinea
  • Papua-Neuguineacountry in Oceania
Greek Παπουασία-Νέα Γουινέα
  • Παπουασία-Νέα Γουινέα (Papouasía-Néa Gouinéa)country in Oceania
Hebrew פָּפּוּאָה־גִּינֶאָה הַחֲדָשָׁה
  • פָּפּוּאָה־גִּינֶאָה הַחֲדָשָׁה (papu'a-gine'a ha-khadasha)country in Oceania
Hindi पापुआ न्यू गिनी
  • पापुआ न्यू गिनी (pāpuā nyū ginī)country in Oceania
Hungarian Pápua Új-Guinea
  • Pápua Új-Guineacountry in Oceania
Icelandic Papúa Nýja-Gínea
  • Papúa Nýja-Gíneacountry in Oceania
Indonesian Papua Nugini
  • Papua Nuginicountry in Oceania
Irish Nua-Ghuine Phapua, Stát Neamhspleách Nua-Ghuine Phapua
  • Nua-Ghuine Phapuacountry in Oceania
  • Stát Neamhspleách Nua-Ghuine Phapuacountry in Oceania
Italian Papua Nuova Guinea
  • Papua Nuova Guineacountry in Oceania
Japanese パプアニューギニア
  • パプアニューギニア (Papua Nyūginia)country in Oceania
Korean 파푸아뉴기니, 파푸아뉴기니아
  • 파푸아뉴기니 (Papuanyugini)country in Oceania
  • 파푸아뉴기니아 (Papuanyuginia)country in Oceania
Latvian Papua-Jaungvineja
  • Papua-Jaungvinejacountry in Oceania
Lithuanian Papua Naujoji Gvinėja
  • Papua Naujoji Gvinėjacountry in Oceania
Malay Papua New Guinea
  • Papua New Guineacountry in Oceania
Māori Papua Nūkini
  • Papua Nūkinicountry in Oceania
Norwegian Bokmål Papua Ny-Guinea
  • Papua Ny-Guineacountry in Oceania
Polish Papua-Nowa Gwinea
  • Papua-Nowa Gwineacountry in Oceania
Portuguese Papua-Nova Guiné
  • Papua-Nova Guinécountry in Oceania
Romanian Papua Noua Guinee
  • Papua Noua Guineecountry in Oceania
Russian Па́пуа-Но́вая Гвине́я
  • Па́пуа-Но́вая Гвине́я (Pápua-Nóvaja Gvinéja)country in Oceania
Slovak Papua-Nová Guinea
  • Papua-Nová Guineacountry in Oceania
Spanish Papúa Nueva Guinea
  • Papúa Nueva Guineacountry in Oceania
Swahili Papua, Guinea Mpya
  • Papuacountry in Oceania
  • Guinea Mpyacountry in Oceania
Swedish Papua Nya Guinea
  • Papua Nya Guineacountry in Oceania
Tagalog Papua New Guinea
  • Papua New Guineacountry in Oceania
Tamil பப்புவா நியூ கினி
  • பப்புவா நியூ கினி (pappuvā niyū kiṉi)country in Oceania
Thai ปาปัวนิวกินี
  • ปาปัวนิวกินี (bpaa-bpuua-niu-gì-nii)country in Oceania
Turkish Papua Yeni Gine
  • Papua Yeni Ginecountry in Oceania
Ukrainian Па́пуа-Нова́ Гвіне́я, Па́пуа-Нова́ Ґвіне́я
  • Па́пуа-Нова́ Гвіне́я (Pápua-Nová Hvinéja)country in Oceania
  • Па́пуа-Нова́ Ґвіне́я (Pápua-Nová Gvinéja)country in Oceania
Urdu پاپُوا نْیُو گِنی
  • پاپُوا نْیُو گِنی (pāpuā nyū ginī)country in Oceania
Vietnamese Pa-pua Niu Ghi-nê
  • Pa-pua Niu Ghi-nêcountry in Oceania
Yiddish פּאַפּואַ־נײַ גינע
  • פּאַפּואַ־נײַ גינע (papua-nay gine)country in Oceania

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Papua New Guinea

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Cite this entry
APA

Papua New Guinea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Papua%20New%20Guinea

MLA

“Papua New Guinea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Papua%20New%20Guinea. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Papua New Guinea,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Papua%20New%20Guinea.

Source: Papua New Guinea on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.