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Bou·gain·ville (bo̵̅o̅ gan vēl′)

Bougainville, Louis Antoine de (lwē än twȧn′ də) 1729-1811; Fr. navigator & explorer
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Bou·gain·ville (bo̵̅o̅′gən vil′)

largest of the Solomon Islands, in Papua New Guinea: 3,880 sq mi (10,049 sq km)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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