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Bougainville

Pronunciation: /ˈbuːgənvɪl/

Definition of Bougainville
  • a volcanic island in the South Pacific, forming a province of Papua New Guinea. It is the largest of the islands in the Solomon Islands archipelago.

Origin:

named after Louis de Bougainville (see Bougainville, Louis Antoine de), who visited it in 1768

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