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Irian Jaya

[ eer-ee-ahn jah-yah ]

noun

  1. the western part of the island of New Guinea, formerly a Dutch territory: a province of Indonesia since 1963. About 159,000 sq. mi. (411,810 sq. km). : Jayapura.


Irian Jaya

noun

  1. See Papua
    a former Indonesian name (1973–2001) for Papua


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