Associations to the word «Papua»

Wiktionary

PAPUA, proper noun. The southern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea, formerly administered as a separate territory to New Guinea.
PAPUA N.G., proper noun. (legal) Abbreviation of Papua New Guinea.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA, proper noun. A country in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Papua New Guinea.
PAPUA NEW GUINEAN, noun. Citizen of Papua New Guinea or of Papua New Guinean descent.
PAPUA NEW GUINEAN, adjective. Pertaining to Papua New Guinea.
PAPUA NEW GUINEANS, noun. Plural of Papua New Guinean

Dictionary definition

PAPUA, noun. The southeastern part of Papua New Guinea.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats