Bougainville

[ boo-gan-veel boo-guhn-vil, boh-, French boo-gan-veel ]

noun

1. Louis An·toine de [lwee ah, n, -, twan, d, uh], 1729–1811, French navigator.
2. the largest of the Solomon Islands, in the W Pacific Ocean: part of Papua New Guinea. 4,080 sq. mi. (10,567 sq. km).

Bougainville

¹

/ buɡɛ̃vil /

noun

1. BougainvilleLouis Antoine de17291811MFrenchTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: navigator Louis Antoine de (lwi ɑ̃twan də). 1729–1811, French navigator

Bougainville

²

/ ˈbuːɡənˌvɪl /

noun

1. an island in the W Pacific, in Papua New Guinea: the largest of the Solomon Islands: unilaterally declared independence in 1990; occupied by government troops in 1992, and granted autonomy in 2001. Chief town: Kieta. Area: 10 049 sq km (3880 sq miles)

Example Sentences

John Peter de Bougainville died; a French author, of great acquirements, whose application hastened his death, at the age of 41.

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Bougainville and called by him Louisiade, and probably joins to it.

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Still, Bougainville's worst apprehensions were not upon this score.

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When Bougainville visited the Etoile, he received Barr's confession.

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Having obtained the commodities he needed, Bougainville regained the sea.

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