"bougainville" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

French explorer who circumnavigated the globe accompanied by scientists (1729-1811) (synset 110878790)
is an instance of: adventurer, explorer - someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)

same as: louis antoine de bougainville
The largest of the Solomon Islands;
A province of Papua New Guinea (synset 108862563)
is an instance of: island - a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
is a part of:
- independent state of papua new guinea, papua new guinea - a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; in 1975 it became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations
- solomon islands - the southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth