# New Guinea

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /n(j)uː ˈɡɪn.i/

## Definitions
1. A large island in the Pacific Ocean north of Australia, in Oceania, whose territory is divided between Indonesia in the west and Papua New Guinea in the east.
2. A former dependent territory of Australia, from 1914 to 1975, occupying the northern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea.
3. Papua New Guinea: A country in Oceania.

## Source
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