Bougainville

American  

[boo-gan-veel, boo-guhn-vil, boh-, boo-gan-veel] / bu gɛ̃ˈvil, ˈbu gənˌvɪl, ˈboʊ-, bu gɛ̃ˈvil /

noun

1. Louis Antoine de 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).

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Bougainville ¹ British  

/ 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)

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Bougainville ² British  

/ buɡɛ̃vil /

noun

1. Louis Antoine de (lwi ɑ̃twan də). 1729–1811, French navigator

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Bougainville

He was commissioned as a lieutenant and first saw combat as a platoon commander in the 1943 battle for the Pacific island of Bougainville.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2021

More than 150 people living in Bougainville have filed a complaint with the Australian authorities.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2020

Toroama was a commander in the secessionist Bougainville Revolutionary Army, and later worked on the peace and disarmament process.

From Reuters ● Sep. 23, 2020

Bougainville, a nearby province of Papua New Guinea, voted overwhelmingly for independence in 2019.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2020

While we were taking Bougainville, General Mac- Arthur’s forces would be landing on the western end of New Britain Island at Cape Gloucester to establish a new airfield there, too.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

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