Fly River

American  

[flahy] / flaɪ /

noun

1. a river in New Guinea, flowing SE from the central part to the Gulf of Papua, about 800 miles (1,290 km) long.

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Fly River British  

noun

1. a river in W Papua New Guinea, flowing southeast to the Gulf of Papua. Length: about 1300 km (800 miles)

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Fly River

Western Province Bishop Giles Cotes has confirmed that 13 families have reportedly crossed the Fly River north west of Kiunga.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2019

They crossed the Fly River where its wandering course bulges through the colonial cartographer’s best effort to carve up the island of New Guinea with a neat vertical rule.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2019

While landowners on the PNG side of the Fly River receive compensation payments for the damage done to their river, those born on the western bank qualify for none of it.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2019

They say the melomys might have arrived on Brambles Cay on rafting debris from the Fly River region of Papua New Guinea.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2016

The natives of Kiwai, an island lying off the mouth of the Fly River in British New Guinea, tell of a certain magician named Segera, who had sago for his totem.

From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir