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Bougainville
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English
thumb|Bougainville Island
Etymology
From en fr Bougainville
placename in Papua Named for Louis Antoine de Bougainville.
Pronunciation
en /ˈboʊɡənˌvɪl/ GA
en /ˈbəʊɡənvɪl/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bougainville.wav Southern England
en Bou gain ville
Proper noun
~
en countable en French.
A placename:
en Q201766en island c/Papua New Guinea Bougainville Island.
en Q18826en autonomous region c/Papua New Guinea Autonomous Region of Bougainville.
en Q603848en commune dept/Somme r/Hauts-de-France c/France.
Derived terms
en Autonomous Region of Bougainville Bougainville Strait Bougainville thicketbird Bougainvillean
Related terms
en bougainvillaea bougainvillea bougainvilliid
Translations
island in Papua New Guinea
Arabic: ar بُوغَانْفِيل
Azerbaijani: az Bugenvil
Bengali: bn বুগেনভিল
Bulgarian: bg Бугенвил
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 布干維爾 Bùgānwéi'ěr
Esperanto: eo Bugenvilo
French: fr Bougainville
Greek: el Μπουγκαινβίλ
Hebrew: he בוגנוויל buganvil
Japanese: ja ブーゲンビル Būgenbiru
Korean: ko ^부건빌
Persian: fa بوگنویل buganvil
Portuguese: pt Bougainville
Russian: ru Бугенви́ль
Tamil: ta போகன்வில்
Thai: th บูเกนวิลล์ buu-geen-win
Tok Pisin: tpi Bogenvil
Ukrainian: uk Бугенві́ль
French
fr:
Pronunciation
Bougainvile
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Ncfavier-Bougainville.wav
Proper noun
fr French Bougainville
fr Bougainville Q201766,Q18826,Q603848
Related terms
fr bougainvillée bougainvillier
Descendants
en Bougainville
mul Bougainville bougainville Bougainvillea bougainvillei Bougainvillia