Bougainville may refer to:
Places
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Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Bougainville ( ; ; Tok Pisin: ''Bogenvil''), officially the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (Tok Pisin: ''Otonomos Region bilong Bogenvil''), is an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea. The largest island is Bougainville Island, while the re ...
, historically known as the North Solomons,
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Bougainville Island, the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea
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Bougainville campaign
The Bougainville campaign was a series of land and naval battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan, named after the island of Bougainville. It was part of Operation Cartwheel, the Allie ...
, World War II
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Bougainville, Somme, a commune in Somme département, France
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Bougainville Strait, a strait which separates Choiseul Island (Solomon Islands) from Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea)
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Cape Bougainville, East Falkland, Falkland Islands, Falklands (United Kingdom); a cape
* ''Isla Bougainville'', the Spanish name for
Lively Island in the Falkland Islands
People
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Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville (, , ; 12 November 1729 – August 1811) was a French admiral and explorer. A contemporary of the British explorer James Cook, he took part in the Seven Years' War in North America and the American Revolutio ...
(1729–1811), French navigator, explorer and military commander
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Hyacinthe de Bougainville (1781–1846), French naval officer and son of Louis Antoine de Bougainville
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Jean-Pierre de Bougainville (1722-1763), French writer, member of the Académie française, brother to Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Ships
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French ship ''Bougainville'', various French ships named in honour of Louis Antoine de Bougainville
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Bougainville-class aviso
The ''Bougainville'' class was a group of colonial avisos, or sloops, built for the French Navy during the 1930s. They were designed to operate in the remote locations of the French Empire.
Design and description
The ''Bougainville''-class av ...
, a group of colonial avisos, or sloops, built for the French Navy during the 1930s
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USS ''Bougainville'' (CVE-100), later CVU-100, a United States Navy ''Casablanca''-class escort aircraft carrier
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CMA CGM ''Bougainville'', a motor vessel, container ship of the French company CMA CGM, flagged by France
Literature and film
* ''
Bougainville – Our Island Our Fight'', a documentary film directed by Wayne Coles-Janess
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''Bougainville'' (novel), a 1981 novel by Dutch author F. Springer
* ''The Tetherballs of Bougainville'', a 1998 novel by American author
Mark Leyner
Other uses
* Comte de Bougainville (Count of Bougainville), a French title of nobility held by
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville (, , ; 12 November 1729 – August 1811) was a French admiral and explorer. A contemporary of the British explorer James Cook, he took part in the Seven Years' War in North America and the American Revolutio ...
* Bougainville Park, Papeete, French Polynesia (France); a park in
Papeete
See also
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Bougainvillea
''Bougainvillea'' ( , ) is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes, and trees belonging to the four o' clock family, Nyctaginaceae. It is native to eastern South America, found from Brazil, west to Peru, and south to southern Argentina. ...
'', a genus of flowering plants native to South America
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Bougainvillia'', a genus of hydroids
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Bougainvilliidae'', a familia of hydroids
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Bougainville Campaign
The Bougainville campaign was a series of land and naval battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan, named after the island of Bougainville. It was part of Operation Cartwheel, the Allie ...
, a World War II military campaign fought from 1943 to 1945 between the Allies and Japan on and around Bougainville Island
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Bougainville counterattack, a battle within the campaign during March 1944
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Bougainville Civil War
The Bougainville conflict, also known as the Bougainville Civil War, was a multi-layered armed conflict fought from 1988 to 1998 in the North Solomons Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG) between PNG and the secessionist forces of the Bougainvill ...
, 1988–1998
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Bougainville People's Congress, a pro-independence organisation and later political party
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New Bougainville Party, founded 2005
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