New Guinea,Papua

《英文msh詞典》New Guinea,Papua
[同義詞] New Guinea,Papua
[主題詞] Papua New Guinea
[中文釋義] 新幾內亞,巴布亞
[英文釋義] A country consisting of the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and adjacent islands,including New Britain,New Ireland,the Admiralty Islands,and New Hanover in the Bismarck Archipelago; Bougainville and Buka in the northern Solomon Islands; the D'Entrecasteaux and Trobriand Islands; Woodlark (Murua) Island; and the Louisiade Archipelago. It became independent on September 16,1975. Formerly,the southern part was the Australian Territory of Papua,and the northern part was the UN Trust Territory of New Guinea,administered by Australia. They were administratively merged in 1949 and named Papua and New Guinea,and renamed Papua New Guinea in 1971.