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Biak

American  
[bee-yahk] / biˈjɑk /

noun

  1. an island N of Irian Barat, in Indonesia. 948 sq. mi. (2,455 sq. km).


Biak British  
/ biːˈjɑːk /

noun

  1. an island in Indonesia, north of New Guinea: the largest of the Schouten Islands. Area: 2455 sq km (948 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The dead from the raid were initially buried on Biak.

From Washington Post Mar. 23, 2022

That body was the only one of the three unknowns from the Biak raid that was still unidentified.

From Washington Post Mar. 23, 2022

Biak had been seized from the Japanese in 1944.

From Washington Post Mar. 23, 2022

Mr. Biak Tling had never built a house before.

From New York Times Dec. 29, 2021

Scattered about in the waters of the great Geelvink Bay are many islands of various sizes, such as Biak or Wiak, Jappen or Jobi, Run or Ron, Noomfor, and many more.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir

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