English noun: Bougainville | |||
1. | Bougainville (person) French explorer who circumnavigated the globe accompanied by scientists (1729-1811) | ||
Synonyms | Louis Antoine de Bougainville | ||
Instance hypernym | adventurer, explorer | ||
2. | Bougainville (location) the largest of the Solomon Islands; a province of Papua New Guinea | ||
Instance hypernym | island | ||
Part meronym | Independent State of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands | ||