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The ISO (International Standards Organisation) assigns a two character code to each country name. These codes are used by Internet 'whois' databases (these two character abbreviations are the whois country codes) and also other applications.
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Goura is a genus of large pigeons native to Papua New Guinea comprising about six species known as crowned pigeons which are remarkable for their large size and open erect crest with which the head is adorned. They spend most of their time on the ground and nest in low branches.
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The Papuan are natives to or inhabitants of Papua New Guinea; a speaker of any of various Papuan languages, used mainly on the island of New Guinea, although some 500 are used in New Britain, the Solomon Islands, and the islands of the south-west Pacific. The Papuan languages belong to the Indo-Pacific family.
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The L1A1-F1 was an Australian shortened and lightened version of the L1A1 rifle, produced in response to a request from the Papua New Guinea armed forces.
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The Kina is the currency of Papua New Guinea. One Kina equals 100 toea.
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PNG is an abbreviation for Portable Network Graphics
PNG is an abbreviation for Papua New Guinea
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The Anchorite Islands are a group of islands in Papua New Guinea.
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The Bismarck Archipelago is a group of mainly volcanic islands of papua New Guinea. The islands were a German colony from 1884 until the end of the Great War when they were passed to Australia as a Trust Territory
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Bouganville is an island of the Solomon group, Papua New Guinea, discovered in 1768 by Louis de Bouganville. It is separated from Choiseul Island by the Bougainville Strait.
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Buka Island is an island of Papua New Guinea.
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