Lae

American  

[lah-ey, ley-ee] / ˈlɑ eɪ, ˈleɪ i /

noun

1. a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.

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Example Sentences

It also has prevented the heavy equipment being trucked from Lae.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2024

Earhart and Noonan disappeared on July 2, 1937, flying from Lae, New Guinea, to Howland Island, a one-and-a-half-mile long island some 2,500 miles away.

From National Geographic • Jan. 30, 2024

The Port Moresby General Hospital confirmed eight deaths in the capital, while another seven people were reported to have died in the city of Lae, PNG's second largest.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024

Her friend, Lae, a 30-year-old woman originally from Hawaii who would not give her full name, smoked a cigarette and shook her head in disgust.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2023

They gave him gin and biscuit and dry clothes, and asked him how he came where they found him, and whether the light which they had seen was the lighthouse, Lae o Ka Laau. 

From Island Nights' Entertainments by Stevenson, Robert Louis