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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Example Sentences

For decades, Fly River refugees have relied almost entirely on basic health patrols by nuns from the Catholic missions.

From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2019

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

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

Grant Sanderson was the party as owned her; he was rich and mad, and got a fever at last somewhere about the Fly River and took and died.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis