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West Irian

territory of Indonesia, occupying the W half of the island of New Guinea: a Dutch territory until 1963: 162,928 sq mi (421,982 sq km); pop. 1,649,000; cap. Jayapura

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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