Papua

//ˈpaːpwə//

"Papua" in a Sentence (13 examples)

In the Carteret Islands, near Papua New Guinea, some people have already had to leave their homes because the seawater is washing around their houses.

Most of the Melanesians living in Papua New Guinea have very curly hair, don't they?

In Papua New Guinea, there are 850 different languages spoken by Papuans.

The northern half of what is today Papua New Guinea was a German colony.

Papua New Guinea is called "Papua Niugini" in Tok Pisin.

Papua New Guinea is the second largest country in Oceania after Australia.

I'm in Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea was a German colony.

Sami sailed to a remote island in Papua New Guinea.

Port Moresby is the capital of Papua New Guinea.

Muksin specifically mentioned 11 extinct indigenous languages, such as Tandia and Mawes in West Papua and Papua, along with Kajeli, Piru, Moksela, Palumata, Ternateno, Hukumina, Hoti, Serua, and Nila in different areas of Maluku.

The Papuas are so termed in the Malay language, from their extreme darkness, approaching to black.

The Papua are more numerous in the Philippine Islands than anywhere else, with the exception of New Guinea.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.