Main Entry: Papua New Guinea

Function: geographical name

country comprising the E part of the island of New Guinea, Bougainville Island, & the Bismarck Archipelago; before 1975 a U.N. trust territory administered by Australia ∗ Port Moresby area 178,260 square miles (461,693 square kilometers), population 5,190,736

— Papua New Guinean adjective or noun