Dutch New Guinea
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But the beach shown was in Dutch New Guinea, today a part of Indonesia, not in Normandy, France.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2018
Royal Mail has withdrawn a stamp marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day - after BBC News pointed out it showed US troops landing in what was Dutch New Guinea, nearly 8,500 miles from France.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2018
Coast Guard show troops carrying stretchers from a landing craft at Sarmi, Dutch New Guinea on May 17, 1944.
From Fox News ● Dec. 28, 2018
In 1936, Dutch geologist Jean Jacques Dozy climbed the world’s highest island peak: the forbidding Mount Carstensz, a snow-covered silver crag on what was then known as Dutch New Guinea.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2016
Among the Nufoors of Dutch New Guinea persons who are related to each other by marriage are forbidden to mention each other’s names.
From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir
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