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Port Moresby
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English
Etymology
en British admiral Fairfax Moresby = 1 by his son and the city's explorer Captain John Moresby.Adrian Room: Dictionary of world place names derived from British names, 1989, p 143
Pronunciation
en /ˌpoː(ɹ)t ˈmoː(ɹ)zbiː/ AU
en /ˌpɔɹt ˈmɔɹzbi/ GA
en En-us-Port Moresby.oga US
Proper noun
Port Moresby
en capital city c/Papua New Guinea.
en metonym The Papuan government.
Translations
capital of Papua New Guinea
Afrikaans: af Port Moresby
Arabic: ar بُورْت مُورْسْبِي f
Asturian: ast Puertu Moresbi
Belarusian: be Порт-Мо́рсбі m
Bulgarian: bg Порт Мо́рсби m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 莫爾斯比港, cmn 莫爾茲比港 Mò'ěrzībǐ-gǎng
Czech: cs Port Moresby m
Danish: da Port Moresby
Dutch: nl Port Moresby
Finnish: fi Port Moresby
French: fr Port Moresby m
German: de Port Moresby n
Greek: el Πορτ Μόρεσμπι n
Hebrew: he פורט מורסבי f
Italian: it Port Moresby m
Japanese: ja ポートモレスビー Pōtomoresubī
Khmer: km ព័រម៉ូរេសប៊ី
Korean: ko ^포트모르즈비
Macedonian: mk Порт Морзби m
Mongolian: mn Порт-Морсби
Persian: fa پورت مورسبی
Polish: pl Port Moresby m
Portuguese: pt Port Moresby f
Russian: ru Порт-Мо́рсби m
Serbo-Croatian: sh Порт Морсби m, sh Port Moresby m
Spanish: es Port Moresby m
Tok Pisin: tpi Pot Mosbi, tpi Mosbi
Ukrainian: uk Порт-Мо́рсбі m
Vietnamese: vi
References
en eponyms
Afrikaans
af:
Proper noun
Port Moresby
af capital city c/Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Czech
cs:
Etymology
cs :ubor en:Port Moresby + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-in Port Moresby portmoresbský
cs capital city c/Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Declension
Port<m.sg> Moresby
Further reading
Dutch
nl:
thumb|225px|het centrum van Port Moresbythe center of Port Moresby
Proper noun
n
nl capital city c/Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :ubor en:Port Moresby + 1
Pronunciation
pt Portugal,Angola,East-Timor, and Mozambique
Pórti* Morésbi,Pórti* Morẹsbí
Proper noun
f 1
pt proscribed pt Porto Moresby
Usage notes
Porto Moresby