NORTH-EAST NEW GUINEA

Meaning of NORTH-EAST NEW GUINEA in English

Variant: or earlier Kai · ser-Wil · helms · land

Pronunciation: ' k ī -z ə r- ' vil-helms- ˌ länt

Function: geographical name

the NE part of mainland Papua New Guinea ― a historical usage

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

NORTH-EAST NEW GUINEA — or earlier Kaiser-Wilhelmsland geographical name the NE part of mainland Papua New Guinea
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA — the NE part of the former Australian Territory of New Guinea; now part of Papua New Guinea.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NORTH-EAST NEW GUINEA — or earlier Kai·ser-Wil·helms·land ˈkī-zər-ˈvil-helms-ˌlänt the NE part of mainland Papua New Guinea — a historical usage
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GUINEA — Guinea (ginéa) npr Guinea; Golfo de Guinea Gulf of Guinea; guinea [Monet.] guinea
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GUINEA — I. ˈginē, -ni adjective Usage: usually capitalized 1. [from Guinea, region in West Africa] a. : of or from the …
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Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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NORTH — /nawrth/ , n. 1. a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the …
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NEW — — newness , n. /nooh, nyooh/ , adj., newer, newest , adv. , n. adj. 1. of recent origin, production, …
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NORTH — [north] adv [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG nord north and perh. to Gk nerteros lower, infernal] (bef. 12c): to, …
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NEW — [new] adj [ME, fr. OE niwe; akin to OHG niuwi new, L novus, Gk neos] (bef. 12c) 1: having existed …
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GUINEA — [guin.ea] n [Guinea, Africa, supposed source of the gold from which it was made] (1664) 1: an English gold coin …
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EAST — [east] adv [ME est, fr. OE east; akin to OHG ostar to the east, L aurora dawn, Gk eos, heos] …
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GUINEA — officially Republic of Guinea, French Rpublique de Guine, formerly (197984) People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea country of western Africa. It …
Britannica English vocabulary
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Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NEW — new BrE AmE njuː § nuː AmE nuː njuː — Preference poll, American English: nuː 86%, njuː 14%.—See also phrases …
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EAST — east, East BrE AmE iːst ▶ ˌ East ˈ Anglia BrE AmE ▶ ˌ East ˈ End BrE AmE ▶ …
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NORTH — / nɔːθ; NAmE nɔːrθ/ noun , adjective , adverb ■ noun [ U , sing. ] ( abbr. N , …
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GUINEA — / ˈgɪni/ noun an old British gold coin or unit of money worth 21 shillings (= now £1.05). Prices are …
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
NEW — adj. & adv. --adj. 1 a of recent origin or arrival. b made, invented, discovered, acquired, or experienced recently or …
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GUINEA — n. 1 Brit. hist. the sum of 21 old shillings (ø1.05), used esp. in determining professional fees. 2 hist. a …
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EAST — n., adj., & adv. --n. 1 a the point of the horizon where the sun rises at the equinoxes (cardinal …
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NORTH — n., adj., & adv. n. 1 a the point of the horizon 90ø anticlockwise from east. b the compass point …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NEW — adj. & adv. adj. 1 a of recent origin or arrival. b made, invented, discovered, acquired, or experienced recently or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GUINEA — n. 1 Brit. hist. the sum of 21 old shillings ($1.05), used esp. in determining professional fees. 2 hist. a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EAST — n., adj., & adv. n. 1 a the point of the horizon where the sun rises at the equinoxes (cardinal …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NORTH — n., adj., & adv. --n. 1. a the point of the horizon 90° anticlockwise from east. b the compass point …
Oxford English vocab
NEW — adj. & adv. --adj. 1. a of recent origin or arrival. b made, invented, discovered, acquired, or experienced recently or …
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GUINEA — n.1 Brit. hist. the sum of 21 old shillings ({pound}1.05), used esp. in determining professional fees. 2 hist. a former …
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EAST — n., adj., & adv. --n. 1. a the point of the horizon where the sun rises at the equinoxes (cardinal …
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NORTH — also North Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The north is the …
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