Papua

Etymology
There are three theories:
 * From Malay for the natives of the island of New Guinea.
 * From Ternate/Tidore, referring to the territory that geographically was far away from the Sultanate of Tidore (and thus not united). The territory was called.
 * From Biak, referring to the islands (Raja Ampat) west of the Bird's Head, as far as Halmahera.

Proper noun

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

Translations

 * Arabic: بَابْوَا
 * Armenian: Պապուա
 * Belarusian: Па́пуа
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * French:
 * Georgian: პაპუა
 * German:
 * Greek: Παπουασία
 * Irish: Papua
 * Japanese: パプア
 * Korean: ^파푸아
 * Latin: Papua
 * Marathi: पापुआ
 * Polish:
 * Rarotongan: Pāpua
 * Russian: Па́пуа
 * Spanish: Papúa
 * Ukrainian: Па́пуа

Noun

 * 1)  A person indigenous to Papua.

Proper noun

 * 1)  the southern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea country in Oceania