Which country in Oceania has a two-word name starting with 'Papua'?

Which country in Oceania has a two-word name starting with “Papua”? Papua New Guinea. The country occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, along with numerous offshore islands, and is one of Oceania’s most culturally and geographically diverse nations.

Its western neighbour is Indonesia, which governs the island’s western half. Papua New Guinea’s mainland includes the central New Guinea highlands, dense tropical forests and the broad Sepik and Fly river systems. The capital, Port Moresby, sits on the country’s southeastern coast.

The name combines “Papua,” a term historically associated with the island and its peoples, with “New Guinea,” a name given by European explorers who thought the island’s inhabitants resembled people encountered on the African coast of Guinea. The country became independent from Australia on 16 September 1975.

Papua New Guinea is often confused with Guinea or Equatorial Guinea, both of which are in Africa. Its island location also distinguishes it from Pacific countries such as Fiji, the Solomon Islands and the Marshall Islands.