"West Papua" has since been used by Papuans as a self-identifying term, especially by those demanding self-determination, and usually refers to the whole of the Indonesian portion of New Guinea.
从这之后，西巴布亚成为巴布亚人自我认同的一个词汇，特别是那些要求自治的人，这一词通常指整个新几内亚在印尼的部分。