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Definitions: Bougainville |
BougainvilleNoun1. French explorer who circumnavigated the globe accompanied by scientists (1729-1811). 2. The largest of the Solomon Islands; a province of Papua New Guinea. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Bougainville" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
Synonym: BougainvilleSynonym: Louis Antoine de Bougainville (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The island was named after the French navigator Louis Antoine de Bougainville. During colonial times it came under German administration as part of Deutsch Neuguinea. Australia, on behalf of the League of Nations administered it from 1918 until independence.
On March 8, 1943 during World War II, American forces were attacked by Japanese troops on Hill 700 on this island in a battle that lasted five days ending on March 13 with a Japanese retreat.
A nine-year secessionist revolt on the island of Bougainville ended in 1997, after claiming some 20,000 lives.
See also: Rotokas language
Bougainville is also the name of a commune of the Somme département in France.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bougainville."
Crosswords: Bougainville |
| English words defined with "Bougainville": Bougainville Trench ♦ Louis Antoine de Bougainville. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Bougainville": Bougainvillaea. (references) |
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 | LCVP landing craft circle while awaiting landing orders, during the invasion of Cape Torokina, Bougainville, 1 November 1943. Photographed by PFC P. Scheer from a 20mm gun position on board USS American Legion (APA-17). The invasion beaches are in the background, being shelled, and there are planes over the beaches. The smoking volcano in the far center distance is Mount Bagana. Credit: NAVY. |  | After 6"/47 gun turrets of USS Columbia (CL-56) firing, during the night bombardment of Japanese facilities in the Shortlands that covered landings on Bougainville. This photograph has been rather crudely retouched to eliminate radar antennas on gun directors and masthead. Credit: NAVY. |
 | A Japanese plane plunges into the sea ahead of USS Columbia (CL-56), as she steams in column with other cruisers during the attack on Bougainville, 1-2 November 1943. Note 6"/47 gun turrets, with six-inch shell casings on deck below them. Credit: NAVY. |  | Signalling to USS George Clymer (APA-27) in Empress Augusta Bay during the invasion of Bougainville, 1 November 1943. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Painting by Sergeant Vaughn A. Bass, of the 4th Air Force Historical Section, based on information provided by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas G. Lanphier, Jr. It depicts then-Captain Lanphier's P-38 "Lightning" fighter shooting down a "Betty" bomber that was carrying Admiral Yamamoto. Another P-38 is attacking one of the "Zero" fighters that formed the Admiral's escort. This action took place near Kahili, Bougainville, on 18 April 1943. Credit: NAVY. |  | U.S. Marines moving and passing through mud on their way to the front lines on Bougainville / Ohman. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Civil Liberties | Papua New Guinea | In August the Government signed a peace agreement with Bougainville militants. (references) |
Papua New Guinea | Movement within Bougainville and between Bougainville and the rest of the country is unrestricted. (references) | |
Solomon Islands | According to the UNHCR, fewer than 50 persons from Bougainville remained in the country who meet the criteria for refugee status. (references) | |
Economic History | Vanuatu | Europeans did not return until 1768, when Louis Antoine de Bougainville rediscovered the islands. (references) |
Solomon Islands | A peace accord on Bougainville confirmed in 1998 has removed the armed threat, but refugee return has been slow. (references) | |
New Zealand | New Zealand has focused its bilateral economic assistance resources on projects in the South Pacific island states, especially on Bougainville. (references) | |
Human Rights | Papua New Guinea | Although four soldiers suspected of complicity in the killing of Bougainville Transitional Government Premier Theodore Miriung in 1996 were questioned by police in 1999, no arrests were made and no further progress has been reported. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Bougainville" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bougainville" is used about 94 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 94 | 33,845 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Bougainville": Bougainville Trench ♦ Louis Antoine de Bougainville. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "Bougainville"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | Bougainville-gigt (Bougainville rheumatism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | polyarthritis acuta tropica (Bougainville rheumatism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | rhumatisme de Bougainville (Bougainville rheumatism), polyarthrite aiguë épidémique tropicale (Bougainville rheumatism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Bougainville-Rheumatismus (Bougainville rheumatism), Foxhole-Arthritis (Bougainville rheumatism), epidemische tropische akute Polyarthritis (Bougainville rheumatism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | ρευματισμός BOUGAINVILLE (Bougainville rheumatism), οξεία επιδημική τροπική πολυαρθρίτιδα (Bougainville rheumatism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | reumatismo di Bougainville (Bougainville rheumatism), poliartrite acuta tropicale epidemica (Bougainville rheumatism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ougainvillebay reumatismo de Bougainville (Bougainville rheumatism). (various references) poliartritis reumática aguda (Bougainville rheumatism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Bougainville": bougainvillea, bougainvilleas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-g-i-i-l-l-n-o-u-v" | |
-2 letters: inviolable. | |
-3 letters: bilingual, unlivable, unlovable. | |
-4 letters: aiguille, alluvion, globulin, ibogaine, inviable, labeling, libeling, livelong, unviable, vialling, violable. | |
-5 letters: allonge, alveoli, bailing, balling, begonia, belling, billing, billion, blueing, boiling, bolivia, bolling, bulling, bullion, eluvial, eulogia, gallein, galleon, globule, ignoble, illuvia, leaving, levulin, ligulae, linable, linguae, lingual, livable, lobelia, lovable, lovebug, novella, olivine, unagile, unglove, vailing. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-g-i-i-l-l-n-o-u-v" | |
+1 letter: bougainvillea. | |
+2 letters: bougainvillaea, bougainvilleas. | |
+3 letters: bougainvillaeas. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 6F 75 67 61 69 6E 76 69 6C 6C 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101111 01110101 01100111 01100001 01101001 01101110 01110110 01101001 01101100 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B o u g a i n v i l l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 006F 0075 0067 0061 0069 006E 0076 0069 006C 006C 0065 |
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