Meaning of Papua | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The southern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea, formerly administered as a separate territory to New Guinea.
2. A person indigenous to Papua.
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3. The western part of New Guinea, currently part of Indonesia.
4. A province of Indonesia.

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Examples

“Muksin specifically mentioned 11 extinct indigenous languages, such as Tandia and Mawes in West Papua and Papua, along with Kajeli, Piru, Moksela, Palumata, Ternateno, Hukumina, Hoti, Serua, and Nila in different areas of Maluku.”

“The Papuas are so termed in the Malay language, from their extreme darkness, approaching to black.”

“The Papua are more numerous in the Philippine Islands than anywhere else, with the exception of New Guinea.”

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