Papua

Papua stands for:

• Papua (ethnic group) , the Papuan language-speaking part of the population of the island of New Guinea and some of the neighboring islands
• Papuan languages , all of the indigenous languages ​​spoken in New Guinea and the surrounding islands that are not Austronesian

as well as geographically:

• Papua New Guinea , an independent South Pacific state in the eastern half of New Guinea
• Papua (region) , one of the four regions in Papua New Guinea (the former British-Australian colony Territory of Papua ) and its inhabitants
• Papua (Province) , one of the two Indonesian provinces in Western New Guinea
• Papua Territory , a de facto Australian colonial possession (1902–1949)
• Papua , alternative name for the island of New Guinea

See also:

• Papua Barat
• Papua Beach , beach on South Georgia, South Atlantic
• Papua Island , Joinville Island, Antarctica

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.