# Papua
## English
### Etymology

There are three theories:
* From Malay pepuah (“curly (of hair)”) for the natives of the island of New Guinea.
* From Ternate/Tidore papo ua (“not united; not coalesced”), referring to the territory that geographically was far away from the Sultanate of Tidore (and thus not united). The territory was called papo ua gam sio (“nine village/region that is not united”).
* From Biak sup i babwa (“the land below [the sunset]”), referring to the islands (Raja Ampat) west of the Bird's Head, as far as Halmahera.

### Pronunciation

* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈpaːpwə/

### Proper noun

Papua
* The southern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea, formerly administered as a separate territory to New Guinea.
* The western part of New Guinea, currently part of Indonesia.
* A province of Indonesia.

#### Derived terms

* Gulf of Papua
* Papuan
* Papua New Guinea
* West Papua

#### Translations
### Noun

Papua (plural Papuas or Papua)
* (dated) A person indigenous to Papua.
** 1841, The Colonial Magazine and Commercial-Maritime Journal, page 447:The Papuas are so termed in the Malay language, from their extreme darkness, approaching to black.
** 1856, The Quarterly Review of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, page 502:The Papua are more numerous in the Philippine Islands than anywhere else, with the exception of New Guinea.

### See also

* Irian Jaya
* New Guinea
* West Irian
* West Papua
* Aceh
* Bali
* Bangka Belitung Islands
* Banten
* Bengkulu
* Central Java
* Central Kalimantan
* Central Papua
* Central Sulawesi
* East Java
* East Kalimantan
* East Nusa Tenggara
* Gorontalo
* Highland Papua
* Jakarta
* Jambi
* Lampung
* Maluku
* North Kalimantan
* North Maluku
* North Sulawesi
* North Sumatra
* Papua
* Riau
* Riau Islands
* Southeast Sulawesi
* South Kalimantan
* South Papua
* South Sulawesi
* South Sumatra
* Special Region of Yogyakarta
* West Java
* West Kalimantan
* West Nusa Tenggara
* West Papua
* West Sulawesi
* West Sumatra

### References

* ↑ Bilveer Singh (2008) Papua: geopolitics and the quest for nationhood‎, Transaction Publishers, →ISBN, page 26
* ↑ Tarmidzy Thamrin (2001) Boven Digoel: lambang perlawanan terhadap kolonialisme‎ (in Indonesian), Ciscom-Cottage, page 424
* ↑ Wanggai, Tony V. M. (2008) Rekonstruksi Sejarah Islam di Tanah Papua (Thesis)‎ (in indonesian), UIN Syarif Hidayatullah
* ↑ Sollewijn Gelpke, J.H.F. (1993) “On the origin of the name Papua”, in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia, volume 149, number 2, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 318–332

### Anagrams

* papau

## Finnish
### Etymology

Internationalism; see English Papua

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɑpuɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝puɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑpuɑ
* Hyphenation: Pa‧pua

### Proper noun

Papua
* Papua (Southern part of Papua New Guinea)
* Papua (Province of Indonesia in the westernmost part of New Guinea)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Papua (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Papuani
accusative
nom.
Papuani
gen.
Papuani
genitive
Papuani
partitive
Papuaani
inessive
Papuassani
elative
Papuastani
illative
Papuaani
adessive
Papuallani
ablative
Papualtani
allative
Papualleni
essive
Papuanani
translative
Papuakseni
abessive
Papuattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Papuasi
accusative
nom.
Papuasi
gen.
Papuasi
genitive
Papuasi
partitive
Papuaasi
inessive
Papuassasi
elative
Papuastasi
illative
Papuaasi
adessive
Papuallasi
ablative
Papualtasi
allative
Papuallesi
essive
Papuanasi
translative
Papuaksesi
abessive
Papuattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Papuamme
accusative
nom.
Papuamme
gen.
Papuamme
genitive
Papuamme
partitive
Papuaamme
inessive
Papuassamme
elative
Papuastamme
illative
Papuaamme
adessive
Papuallamme
ablative
Papualtamme
allative
Papuallemme
essive
Papuanamme
translative
Papuaksemme
abessive
Papuattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Papuanne
accusative
nom.
Papuanne
gen.
Papuanne
genitive
Papuanne
partitive
Papuaanne
inessive
Papuassanne
elative
Papuastanne
illative
Papuaanne
adessive
Papuallanne
ablative
Papualtanne
allative
Papuallenne
essive
Papuananne
translative
Papuaksenne
abessive
Papuattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Papuansa
accusative
nom.
Papuansa
gen.
Papuansa
genitive
Papuansa
partitive
Papuaansa
inessive
Papuassaan Papuassansa
elative
Papuastaan Papuastansa
illative
Papuaansa
adessive
Papuallaan Papuallansa
ablative
Papualtaan Papualtansa
allative
Papualleen Papuallensa
essive
Papuanaan Papuanansa
translative
Papuakseen Papuaksensa
abessive
Papuattaan Papuattansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* papualainen
* papuanjättirotta
* papuannauraja
* Papua-Uusi-Guinea

## Indonesian
### Proper noun

Papua
* New Guinea (a large island in the Pacific Ocean)
* Papua (a province of Indonesia)
* a region in Oceania, the Indonesian part of the island of New Guinea

### See also

* Irian (historical)
* Nugini (only in set phrases)

## Latin
### Proper noun

Papua f sg (genitive Papuae); first declension (New Latin)
* Papua (a the southern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea, formerly administered as a separate territory to New Guinea)
* Papua (a province of Indonesia)

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Proper noun

Papua
* (uncommon) the southern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea (country in Oceania)
    Synonym: Guinea Mpya