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Irian.

New Guinea (A large Oceanian island in the Pacific Ocean)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

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  1. New Guinea (A large Oceanian island in the Pacific Ocean)

  2. Papua (a province of Indonesia)

  3. Indonesian part of the island of New Guinea

Where this word comes from

Constructed from: * From Indonesian acronym Ikut Republik Indonesia Anti Nederlands (“Join Republic of Indonesia anti Netherlands”) * From Biak iri-an (“land-hot”), referring to Papua's hot weather, and iryan (“heating process”) metaphorically in the process of entering new era. * From Serui iri-an (“land-nation”), * From Merauke iri-an (“placed higher-nation”)

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.