Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A volcanic island of Papua New Guinea in the southwest Pacific Ocean in the Bismarck Archipelago. Until 1797, European geographers believed it to be part of the island of New Britain.
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- proper noun An
island of theBismarck Archipelago , aGerman colony from 1884 to 1921; governed byAustralia from 1921 and then byPapua New Guinea from 1975 to the present day.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an island in the Bismarck Archipelago; part of Papua New Guinea
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Examples
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New England had now become what Lowell was pleased to call "New Ireland".
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Of these latter, only a small number remained in Arkansas, the rest going to Iowa, where they established a colony known as "New Ireland".
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"New Ireland" helps me to understand the quarrel of the younger men in Ireland with the Irish Parliamentary party -- but I must, and do, read the "Freeman" as well.
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There is no quick fix nationalist route to a "New Ireland".
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There is no quick fix nationalist route to a "New Ireland".
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There is no quick fix nationalist route to a "New Ireland".
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Eight pieces from New Ireland in Papua New Guinea will be at the collection's heart.
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New Ireland carvings have long fascinated artists and collectors.
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Courtesy of Sotheby's New Ireland figure of man with outstretched arms (circa 1880s-1890s).
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Eight pieces from New Ireland in Papua New Guinea will be at the collection's heart.
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