Jayawijaya

[jah-yah-wee-jah-yah]

noun

1. a range in eastern central Irian Jaya, on New Guinea. Highest peak, Trikora, 15,584 feet (4,750 meters).

Example Sentences

The riots began Thursday afternoon in Wamena town in the Jayawijaya district of Papua, the country’s easternmost province, amid reports of a child kidnapping.

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She said Skrzypski was transferred Tuesday to a notorious prison in Wamena from a police detention center in Jayawijaya district where he had been held since his arrest.

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The boy, who had been arrested for stealing a mobile phone during a crackdown on petty crime in Jayawijaya district, became increasingly distressed, screaming in fear as officers laughed.

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A Polish man who is being held in a Jayawijaya prison while on trial for treason said earlier this week he’d been assaulted by police officers visiting the prison as guards looked on.

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Police indicated the incident with the alleged thief happened recently, during a crackdown on petty crime in Jayawijaya district.

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