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New Britain, island, Papua New Guinea

(Encyclopedia) New Britain, volcanic island (1990 pop. 315,649), c.14,600 sq mi (37,810 sq km), SW Pacific, largest island of the Bismarck Archipelago and part of Papua New Guinea, in which it forms…

Cotonou

(Encyclopedia) Cotonou Cotonou kōtōn&oomacr;ˈ [key], city, capital of Atlantique prov., S Benin, on the Gulf of…

Bougainville

(Encyclopedia) BougainvilleBougainvilleb&oomacr;ˈgənvĭl, Fr. b&oomacr;găNvēlˈ [key], volcanic island (1990 est. pop. 154,000), c.3,880 sq mi (10,050 sq km), SW Pacific, largest in the Solomon…

Duke of York Islands

(Encyclopedia) Duke of York Islands, group of 13 coral islands, 23 sq mi (60 sq km), SW Pacific, in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of Papua New Guinea. There are several coconut plantations. Duke of…

Rabaul

(Encyclopedia) RabaulRabaulräˈboul [key], town (1990 pop. 17,044), on New Britain island, Bismarck Archipelago, a part of Papua New Guinea. Situated within an active caldera surrounded by volcanoes,…

Oceanic languages

(Encyclopedia) Oceanic languages, aboriginal languages spoken in the region known as Oceania. If Oceania is restricted to the Melanesian, Micronesian, and Polynesian islands, the indigenous tongues…