Lae

[ lah-ey, ley-ee ]

noun

1. a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.

Example Sentences

Even when Roman writers or those of modern times speak of the imgins as in the trium, it is the lae that are intended.

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Lae 1548 años ulci padre Emitanyo Saci chumes206-3 Cristianoil.

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Pio Perez translates the phrase ca emob uay lae, “luego bajaron aqui.”

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We do not know how this was lighted; perhaps by windows in the lae.

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We several times had to cross the Lae, which is 35 metres wide, and rushes along like a torrent, with a great noise.

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