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Change log entry 68256
Processed by: goldyn_chyld (2019-09-24 08:39:56 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 64746 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
新畿內亞 is an *island*, known in English as New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea, on the other hand, is the nation that occupies the eastern half of the island.

Wp
1) 新畿內亞(英語:New Guinea;巴布亞皮欽語:Niugini;印尼語:Papua)位於澳大利亞北面,是世界上第二大島嶼。
2) Papua New Guinea ... is a country in Oceania that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia

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新幾內亞 / 新几内亚 is the more usual way of writing it. Used in both Tw and mainland China, according to Wp.
Wp ~ 新几内亚...位于澳大利亚北面,是世界上第二大岛屿。

新幾內亞 is used in TP.
Diff:
- 新畿內亞 新畿内亚 [Xin1 ji1 nei4 ya4] /Papua New Guinea/
+ 新畿內亞 新畿内亚 [Xin1 Ji1 nei4 ya4] /New Guinea/
+ 新幾內亞 新几内亚 [Xin1 Ji3 nei4 ya4] /New Guinea/
By MDBG 2024
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