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dutch new guinea

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I⋅ri⋅an Ja⋅ya

[eer-ee-ahn jah-yah]
–noun
the W part of the island of New Guinea, formerly a Dutch territory: a province of Indonesia since 1963. 957,000; ab. 159,000 sq. mi. (411,810 sq. km). Capital: Jayapura.
Formerly, Irian Barat [bahr-aht] , West Irian, Netherlands New Guinea, Dutch New Guinea.
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Dutch New Guinea  
See Irian Jaya.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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