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NALT Concept Space
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Concept information

  1. Geographical Locations
  2. Pacific Ocean Islands
  3. New Guinea

Preferred term

New Guinea

Type

  • Geographical

Definition

  • Information An island in the west Pacific Ocean divided into Irian Jaya (Indonesia) and Papua New Guinea (independent from 1975, formerly an United Nations trust territory).

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

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Synonyms

  • Dutch New Guinea
  • Irian Barat
  • Irian Jaya

Scope note

  • Use for works 1) referring to the period prior to 1975 when New Guinea was a political entity, 2) use for works of any time that relate to the island as a whole or 3) use for Irian Jaya.

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/13935

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