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Place nameBougainville
CountryPapua New Guinea
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Largest of Solomon Islands group & part of Papua New Guinea; site of early Melanesian settlements & Lapita pottery finds; first sighted by Europeans 1768 (French Bougainville); site of numerous battles WW II.
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