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# papua

proper noun (Papua) — a place name

«papua» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Papua is the name of a large area in the western half of the island of New Guinea, now part of Indonesia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/papua/#m1)
2. It is part of the name of the country Papua New Guinea, which is on the eastern half of the same island, north of Australia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/papua/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons it appears in maps of the Pacific and in «Papua New Guinea», a country with more than 800 languages, rainforests, mountains and birds of paradise. It is a name, not an ordinary word. Phrases: Papua New Guinea, the island of New Guinea, Papua province.

### Examples

- Papua New Guinea is just north of Australia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/papua/#x1)
- More than 800 languages are spoken in Papua New Guinea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/papua/#x2)
- Birds of paradise live in the forests of Papua. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/papua/#x3)
- We found Papua on the map of Indonesia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/papua/#x4)
- Port Moresby is the capital of Papua New Guinea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/papua/#x5)
- Our class read about the mountains of Papua. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/papua/#x6)
- Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia in 1975. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/papua/#x7)

### Note

A place name, so always with a capital P. Say PAP-oo-uh. The people of Papua New Guinea are called Papua New Guineans. Do not mix up Papua (Indonesian part) with the separate country Papua New Guinea on the same island.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «papua» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/papua/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«papua» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/papua.html) on Mova free.