papua teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı
The southern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea, formerly administered as a separate territory to New Guinea
A large island north of Australia divided between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
formerly Irian Jaya Province (pop., 2000 prelim.: 2,220,934), Indonesia. It includes the western half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands and the Schouten and Raja Ampat island groups. The Maoke Mountains rise to 16,503 ft (5,030 m) at Puncak Jaya. First sighted by the Portuguese in 1511, Papua was claimed by the Dutch in 1828. It was transferred to Indonesia in 1963 and was made a province in 1969, with its capital at Jayapura. Rebels led a separatist movement there in the late 1990s, and Papua achieved greater autonomy in 2001
a country in the southwest Pacific Ocean, north of Australia, which includes the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and various small islands. Population: 5,049,000 (2001). Capital: Port Moresby. officially Independent State of Papua New Guinea Island country, South Pacific Ocean