New Ireland

English Proper noun New Ireland en Q215089 en island of the arch/Bismarck Archipelago in p:suf/New Ireland c/Papua New Guinea ; a German colony from 1884 to 1921; governed by Australia from 1921 and then by Papua New Guinea from 1975 to the present day. en Q838690 en province c/Papua New Guinea. en Q7009009 en historical A Crown colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain established in what is now the state of Maine, U.S., after British forces captured the area during the American Revolutionary War and again during the War of 1812. en historical A proposed renaming of Prince Edward Island, led by then lieutenant governor Walter Patterson (governor) Walter Patterson in 1770. en historical A short-lived territory proclaimed by the Castle Hill convict rebellion in Australia. Translations island French: fr Nouvelle-Irlande f German: de Neumecklenburg Marathi: mr नवा आयर्लंड, mr न्यू आयर्लंड Norwegian: no New Ireland Polish: pl Nowa Irlandia f Portuguese: pt Nova Irlanda f Tok Pisin: tpi Nu Ailan en Maine, USA Prince Edward Island, Canada Australia