Papua New Guniea的词源

英文词源

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couple: [13] The notion underlying couple is of ‘joining’. The noun came into English via Old French from Latin cōpula ‘tie, connection’. This was a compound noun formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and the verb apere ‘fasten’ (source of English apt, adapt, adept, and inept). Derived from it was the verb cōpulāre, source of English copulate [17].
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中文词源

Papua New Guniea：巴布亚新几内亚

该国国名挺特殊的，由两个部分组成。Papua源自马来语papuah，“头发卷曲的人”。New Guniea由西班牙探险家伊尼戈·奥尔蒂斯·雷特斯（Yñigo Ortiz de Retez）命名，因为他觉得当地人长得很像之前他在几内亚湾看到的非洲人。

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：Papua New Guniea 词源，Papua New Guniea 含义。