Numfor
Numfor is one of the Biak Islands in Papua province, northeastern Indonesia. It was the site of conflict between Japanese and the Allied forces during World War II, and was a major airbase for both sides.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Biak Numfor Regency, Papua Province, Indonesia
- Also known as: “FOO”, “Noemfoer”, “Noemfor Eiland”, “Numfoor”, “Numfoor Island”, “Numfor Island”, “Pulau Numfoor”, and “Pulau Numfor”
- Historically known as: “Noemfoor”
Numfor
- Category: landform
- Location: Biak Numfor Regency, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Mari—“Numfor” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة نومفور”
- Azerbaijani: “Numfor adası”
- Bambara: “Numfor”
- Catalan: “Numfor”
- Cebuano: “Pulau Numfoor”
- Chinese: “农福尔岛”
- Chinese: “農福爾島”
- Dutch: “Noemfor Eiland”
- Dutch: “Numfoor”
- Dutch: “Numfor”
- French: “Numfor”
- German: “Numfor”
- Indonesian: “Numfor”
- Indonesian: “Poelau Noemfoor”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Numfoor”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Numfor”
- Italian: “Numfor”
- Japanese: “Noemfoor島”
- Japanese: “ヌムフォア島”
- Japanese: “ヌンホル島”
- Macedonian: “Нумфор”
- Malayalam: “നുമ്ഫൊര്”
- Persian: “نومفور”
- Polish: “Numfoor”
- Portuguese: “Noemfoor”
- Portuguese: “Numfor”
- Russian: “Нумфор”
- Spanish: “Numfor”
- Swedish: “Numfoor”
- Swedish: “Pulau Numfoor”
- Ukrainian: “Нумфор”
- Vietnamese: “Numfor”
- Western Frisian: “Numfor”
- Western Mari: “Нумфор”
- “Noemfoer”
- “Noemfoor”
- “Noemfor”
- “Numfoor”
- “Numfor”
- “Pulau Numfor”
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