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Port Mores·by (môrzʹbē, mōrzʹ-)
The capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea, on southeast New Guinea and the Gulf of Papua. It was named for the British explorer Capt. John Moresby (1830-1922), who landed here in 1873, and occupied by the British after 1888. Population: 173,500.
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Universalium. 2010.