Irian Jaya
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Indonesia’s government incorporated Western New Guinea, formerly known as Irian Jaya, in 1969, 8 years after the Papuans formally declared independence from the Dutch.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 12, 2021
Known as Irian Jaya until 2000, it was split into two provinces, Papua and West Papua, in 2003.
From The Guardian • Aug. 29, 2019
Known as Irian Jaya until 2000, the province has also been split into two provinces, Papua and West Papua, since 2003.
From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2017
He suspected that a courier reported him for trying to ship water samples abroad — water samples that would demonstrate the environmental abuses at the enormous Grasberg gold mine in Irian Jaya.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2012
The ongoing changes in Irian Jaya represent the continuation, backed by a centralized government’s full resources, of the Austronesian expansion that began to reach New Guinea 3,500 years ago.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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