布干维尔岛

布干維爾島

Bùgānwéi'ěrDǎo

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Meanings

1 Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea)
2 the largest of the Solomon Islands group, governed by PNG

Characters

(phonetic: Bou-)

(phonetic: -gan-)

(phonetic: -ville)

(phonetic suffix)

Examples

布干维尔岛位于南太平洋。

Bùgānwéi'ěr Dǎo wèiyú nán Tàipíngyáng.

Bougainville Island lies in the South Pacific.

布干维尔岛举行过独立公投。

Bùgānwéi'ěr Dǎo jǔxíngguò dúlì gōngtóu.

Bougainville Island has held an independence referendum.

Tips

history

Named after French explorer Louis-Antoine de Bougainville. A 2019 referendum showed ~98% support for independence from Papua New Guinea, with full sovereignty targeted for 2027 — a live geopolitical story in the Pacific.

Stroke Order

布 bù

干 gàn

维 wéi

尔 ěr

岛 dǎo