Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The largest of the Schouten Islands of Indonesia, off the northwest coast of New Guinea. In World War II it was the scene of heavy fighting from May 27 to June 20, 1944.
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- proper noun A small island north of
New Guinea . - proper noun A language spoken on this island and others near it.
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Examples
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Scattered about in the waters of the great Geelvink Bay are many islands of various sizes, such as Biak or Wiak, Jappen or Jobi, Run or Ron, Noomfor, and many more.
The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897
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Kazan wrote that he was present in 1945 on the Pacific island of Biak when his newly released film "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" was shown to a battle-scarred audience of American soldiers and nurses.
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Kazan wrote that he was present in 1945 on the Pacific island of Biak when his newly released film "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" was shown to a battle-scarred audience of American soldiers and nurses.
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Kazan wrote that he was present in 1945 on the Pacific island of Biak when his newly released film "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" was shown to a battle-scarred audience of American soldiers and nurses.
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Kazan wrote that he was present in 1945 on the Pacific island of Biak when his newly released film "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" was shown to a battle-scarred audience of American soldiers and nurses.
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Kazan wrote that he was present in 1945 on the Pacific island of Biak when his newly released film "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" was shown to a battle-scarred audience of American soldiers and nurses.
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Kazan wrote that he was present in 1945 on the Pacific island of Biak when his newly released film "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" was shown to a battle-scarred audience of American soldiers and nurses.
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Kazan wrote that he was present in 1945 on the Pacific island of Biak when his newly released film "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" was shown to a battle-scarred audience of American soldiers and nurses.
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Then at Biak they said no one would get out alive.
Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008
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Manokwari (Januari/5/2009) - Two-time major earthquake and more than one hundred times of the earthquake continuation shocks the Manokwari and Sorong, West Papua province, and Biak, Papua Province.
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