| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| Samarai |
(s m´r ) (KEY) , small island (59 acres/23.9 hectares), at the southeastern tip of Papua New Guinea, New Guinea island. It is a commercial and shipping center and a port of entry. An important European settlement before World War II, it was destroyed by Japanese bombing in 1942. |
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