(isim) yeni gine

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Definition of (isim) yeni gine in Turkish English dictionary

New Guinea

the northern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea, administered as a separate territory to Papua

A large island in the Pacific Ocean, north of Australia, whose territory is divided between Indonesia in the west and Papua New Guinea in the east

{i} 2nd largest island in the world in the western Pacific Ocean (north of Australia)

An island in the southwest Pacific Ocean north of Australia. The western half is part of Indonesia, and the eastern half forms the major portion of Papua New Guinea. Inhabited by Papuan, Negrito, and Melanesian peoples, it was probably first sighted by the Portuguese in 1511 and named for the Guinea coast of western Africa.New Guinean adj. & n. A former trust territory of Australia consisting of northeast New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and Bougainville in the Solomon Islands. Placed under Australian jurisdiction after World War II, it was gradually broken up between 1963 and 1973. an island in the southwest Pacific Ocean, north of Australia. It is divided into two halves, one belonging to Indonesia and the other belonging to Papua New Guinea. Indonesian Irian Island, eastern Malay Archipelago, western Pacific Ocean north of Australia. Divided between the Indonesian province of Papua (Irian Jaya) in its western half and Papua New Guinea in its eastern half, New Guinea is the second largest island in the world (after Greenland). It is about 1,500 mi (2,400 km) long and 400 mi (650 km) wide at its widest point, with an area of about 309,000 sq mi (800,000 sq km). The terrain ranges from lowland rainforest to fertile highlands, and its climate is tropical. Copper and gold are its chief mineral resources. The majority of the people of New Guinea are subsistence farmers

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(i·sim) ye·ni gi·ne