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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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Samples of the highly infectious virus were found in two healthy children during a routine screening in Lae, a coastal city in the country's north east.

From BBC • May 16, 2025

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 Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that at least 15 people died in Port Moresby and Lae.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2024

Lae has the Fifth Commandment, “Honor Thy Father and Mother,” tattooed on her arm.

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 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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