Where does “Papua” come from?

Papua derives from Malay pepuah, of unknown ultimate origin.

Papua (English): The southern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea, formerly administered as a separate territory to New Guinea

Definitions

  1. The southern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea, formerly administered as a separate territory to New Guinea

Ancestry of “Papua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayPapua—

Words derived from “Papua”

Every word from Malay Papua →