Rabaul

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tolai baul (“mangrove”)[1] or Rabaul (“Rabaul”)[2]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Rabaul

  1. A town and former provincial capital in northern New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Translations

References
  1. Schultz-Naumann, Joachim. Unter Kaisers Flagge. Deutschlands Schutzgebiete im Pazifik und in China einst und heute [Under the Kaiser’s Flag. Germany’s Protectorates in the Pacific and China, then and today]. Munich: Universitas Verlag. 1985, p. 96. →ISBN
  2. Mosel, Ulrike (1984) Tolai syntax and its historical development, Canberra: Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, page 19

German

Proper noun

Rabaul n (proper noun, genitive Rabauls or (optionally with an article) Rabaul)

  1. Rabaul (a town in Papua New Guinea)

Declension
Declension of Rabaul [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular
def. noun
nominative das Rabaul
genitive des Rabauls, Rabaul1
dative dem Rabaul
accusative das Rabaul

1Optionally with an article.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Rabaul f

  1. Rabaul (a town in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea)

Tok Pisin

Proper noun

Rabaul

  1. Rabaul (a town in Papua New Guinea)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.