New Guinea
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Originally an island of the Malay Archipelago, the second largest island in the world. It divided, West New Guinea becoming part of Indonesia and East New Guinea becoming Papua New Guinea. |
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East New Guinea is a part of Papua New Guinea & West New Guinea is part of Indonesia |
New Guinea Definitions and Terms
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